World War II and American Racial Politics - Public Opinion, the Presidency, and Civil Rights Advocacy

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. White racial attitudes, 1937-1950; 3. White veterans and racial attitudes, 1946-1961; 4. The Roosevelt Administration and civil rights during the Second World War; 5. The Truman Administration, military service, and postwar civil rights; 6. War, race, and American political development; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Steven White is Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, New York. His research examines race and American political development, particularly the complicated relationship between war and the inclusion of marginalized groups. His research has been published in Studies in American Political Development, American Politics Research, and Social Science Quarterly. He has also written for The Washington Post's Monkey Cage and the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Summary

This book is for political scientists, historians, sociologists, and educated lay readers interested in a more complete account of the Second World War's relationship with the response to black civil rights advocacy, as well as the more general relationship between war and the inclusion of marginalized groups in democratic societies.

Product details

• Authors: Steven White, Steven (Syracuse University White
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781108446648
• ISBN: 978-1-108-44664-8
• No. of pages: 217
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Comparative Politics, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Politics and government, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Political science and theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)