Church and State in the City - Catholics and Politics in Twentieth-Century San Francisco

How Catholic religious activism shaped the language and outcome of San Francisco's debates about over the common good and the public interest

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: William Issel
• Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.10.2012
• EAN: 9781439909928
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0992-8
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 457 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 512 g
• Series: Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli; Urban Life, Landscape and Policy; Urban Life, Landscape and Poli
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system