Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo's Philadelphia and Populist Politics

by Timothy J Lombardo

Book Overview

The postwar United States has experienced many forms of populist politics, none more consequential than that of the blue-collar white ethnics who brought figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to the White House. Blue-Collar Conservatism traces the rise of this little-understood, easily caricatured variant of populism by presenting a nuanced portrait of the supporters of Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo.

In 1971, Frank Rizzo became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224833
• ISBN13: 9780812224832
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"