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Informationen zum Autor William Issel is Professor of History Emeritus at San Francisco State University and Visiting Professor of History at Mills College. He is the author of For Both Cross and Flag: Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco (Temple) and Social Change in the United States 1945–1983. He is the coauthor of San Francisco, 1865–1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development, and co-editor and contributor to American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture. Klappentext William Issel is Professor of History Emeritus at San Francisco State University and Visiting Professor of History at Mills College. He is the author of For Both Cross and Flag: Catholic Action, Anti-Catholicism, and National Security Politics in World War II San Francisco (Temple) and Social Change in the United States 1945–1983. He is the coauthor of San Francisco, 1865–1932: Politics, Power, and Urban Development, and co-editor and contributor to American Labor and the Cold War: Grassroots Politics and Postwar Political Culture. Zusammenfassung How Catholic religious activism shaped the language and outcome of San Francisco's debates about over the common good and the public interest Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: City of Contests; 1 'The True Interests of a City': The Public Interest in a Divided City; 2 'The Need for Cooperation': The Origins of the Liberal Growth Regime; 3 'No Quarter Can Be Given': Catholics! Communists! and the Public Interest; 4 'A Great Tragedy': Catholics! Communists! and the Specter of Fascism; 5 'With Malice towards None': Catholic Liberalism in San Francisco; 6 'A Different Era': San Francisco Women and the Pursuit of the Public Interest; 7 'Humanity is One Great Family': Jews! Catholics! and the Achievements of Racial Reform; 8 'Not for Real Estate Values Alone': Urban Redevelopment and the Limits of Racial Reform; 9 'To Alleviate Racial Concentrations': The Public Interest in Education and Employment; 10 'Land Values! Human Values! and the City's Treasured Appearance': The Freeway Revolt; 11 'I Came Out of the New Deal': Redefining the Public Interest! 1967-1980; Conclusion: Beyond the New Deal ...
