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

ISBN-13: 9781108446648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 218 str.

Steven White

Opis

Examines the myriad consequences of World War II for racial attitudes and the presidential response to civil rights.

Recenzje

'… White contributes to our knowledge about this important and interesting topic. World War II is a crucial era that has been the subject of many presumptuous accounts. White brings direct evidence to bear that provides a corrective to some of the overgeneralizations in the literature. Furthermore, White offers some guideposts about how scholars could extend this work by integrating public opinion (and other types of data) with the historical study of political institutions.' Joseph Stewart Jr, Congress & the Presidency

Spis treści

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.