Detroit's Cold War: The Origins of Postwar Conservatism

by Colleen Doody

Book Overview

Detroit's Cold War locates the roots of American conservatism in a city that was a nexus of labor and industry in postwar America. Drawing on meticulous archival research focusing on Detroit, Colleen Doody shows how conflict over business values and opposition to labor, anticommunism, racial animosity, and religion led to the development of a conservative ethos in the aftermath of World War II. Using Detroit--with its large population of African-American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252083105
• ISBN13: 9780252083105
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"