Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

(Part of the The Working Class in American History Series)

by Colleen Doody

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0252083105

ISBN13:9780252083105

Release Date:September 2017

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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