Making Minnesota Liberal : Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party.
Title:
Making Minnesota Liberal : Civil Rights and the Transformation of the Democratic Party.
Author:
Delton, Jennifer A.
ISBN:
9780816693535
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (262 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Postwar Liberalism and Antiracism in Minnesota -- ONE: The Rise and Fall of the Farmer-Labor Party -- TWO: The New Two-Party Liberalism -- THREE: Antiracism and the Politics of Unity -- FOUR: The Black Communities in Minnesota -- FIVE: An Independent Black Interest Group -- SIX: Civil Rights in Local Politics -- SEVEN: Civil Rights in Party Politics -- EIGHT: The 1948 Election and the Triumph of the Democratic Political Order -- Epilogue: Civil Rights and the Fate of Postwar Liberalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
In Making Minnesota Liberal, Jennifer A. Delton delves into the roots of Minnesota politics and traces the change from the regional, third-party, class-oriented politics of the Farmer-Labor party to the national, two-party, pluralistic liberalism of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party (DFL). While others have examined how anticommunism and the Cold War shaped this transformation, Delton takes a new approach, showing the key roles played by antiracism and the civil rights movement. In telling this story, Delton contributes to our understanding not only of Minnesota's political history but also of the relationship between antiracism and American politics in the twentieth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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