"The South is today, as it always has been, the key to understanding American society, its politics, its constitutional anomalies and government structure, its culture, its social relations, its music and literature, its media focus, its blind spots, and virtually everything else. The Golden Ke...

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1. Verfasser:	Goldfield, Michael 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Oxford University Press [2020]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1930-1950 Rassismus Soziale Situation Radikalismus USA > Südstaaten Southern States / Social conditions / 20th century Southern States / Civilization / 20th century Southern States / Social life and customs / 20th century Race relations United States Equality / United States United States / Race relations
Zusammenfassung:	"The South is today, as it always has been, the key to understanding American society, its politics, its constitutional anomalies and government structure, its culture, its social relations, its music and literature, its media focus, its blind spots, and virtually everything else. The Golden Key argues that much of what is important in American politics and society today was largely shaped by the successes and failures of the labor movements of the 1930s and 1940s, and most notably the failures of southern labor organizing during this period. It also argues that these failures, despite some important successes in organizing interracial unions, left the South (and consequentially much of the rest of the United States as well) racially backward and open to right-wing demagoguery. These failures have led to a nationwide decline in unionization, growing economic inequality, and overall failures to confront white supremacy head on. In an in-depth look at unexamined archival material and detailed data, The Golden key challenges established historiography, both telling a tale of race, radicalism, and betrayal and arguing that the outcome was not at all predetermined"--
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	ix, 416 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:	9780190079321