World War II and American racial politics: public opinion, the presidency, and civil rights advocacy

World War II played an important role in the trajectory of race and American political development, but the War's effects were much more complex than many assume. Steven White offers an extensive analysis of rarely utilized survey data and archival evidence to assess white racial attitudes and...

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Beteilige Person: White, Steven 1986- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2019
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108596756
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108596756
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108596756
Zusammenfassung:World War II played an important role in the trajectory of race and American political development, but the War's effects were much more complex than many assume. Steven White offers an extensive analysis of rarely utilized survey data and archival evidence to assess white racial attitudes and the executive branch response to civil rights advocacy. He finds that, contrary to conventional wisdom, the white mass public's racial policy attitudes largely did not liberalize during the war against Nazi Germany. In this context, advocates turned their attention to the possibility of unilateral action by the president, emphasizing a wartime civil rights agenda focused on discrimination in the defense industry and segregation in the military. This book offers a reinterpretation of this critical period in American political development, as well as implications for the theoretical relationship between war and the inclusion of marginalized groups in democratic societies
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White racial attitudes, 1937-1950 -- White veterans and racial attitudes, 1946-1961 -- The Roosevelt Administration and civil rights during the Second World War -- The Truman Administration, military service, and postwar civil rights -- War, race, and American political development -- Appendix
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (x, 207 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108596756
DOI:10.1017/9781108596756

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