White Ethnic New York: Jews, Catholics, and the Shaping of Postwar Politics

by Joshua M. Zeitz

Book Overview

Historians of postwar American politics often identify race as a driving force in the dynamically shifting political culture. Joshua Zeitz instead places religion and ethnicity at the fore, arguing that ethnic conflict among Irish Catholics, Italian Catholics, and Jews in New York City had a decisive impact on the shape of liberal politics long before black-white racial identity politics entered the political lexicon.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080785798X
• ISBN13: 9780807857984
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"