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Detroit's Cold War

The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

af Colleen Doody

Bog, Paperback, Engelsk, 2017

Detroit''s Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II.  Using Detroit--with its large population of African-American and Catholic immigrant workers, strong ... (Læs mere)

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  • SprogEngelsk
  • IndbindingPaperback
  • ISBN9780252083105
  • Udgivet15/09/2017
  • Udgivet afUniversity of Illinois Press
  • Længde192 sider
  • ForfatterColleen Doody
  • GenreHistorie og samfund, Politik