Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 White Racial Attitudes, 1937–1950
- 3 White Veterans and Racial Attitudes, 1946–1961
- 4 The Roosevelt Administration and Civil Rights During World War II
- 5 The Truman Administration, Military Service, and Postwar Civil Rights
- 6 War, Race, and American Political Development
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2019
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 White Racial Attitudes, 1937–1950
- 3 White Veterans and Racial Attitudes, 1946–1961
- 4 The Roosevelt Administration and Civil Rights During World War II
- 5 The Truman Administration, Military Service, and Postwar Civil Rights
- 6 War, Race, and American Political Development
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This introductory chapter describes the general theoretical relationship between war and the inclusion of marginalized groups, provides historical background on civil rights politics in the World War II era, and addresses several methodological and definitional issues.
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- World War II and American Racial PoliticsPublic Opinion, the Presidency, and Civil Rights Advocacy, pp. 1 - 28Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019