Making Minnesota Liberal
Download or Read eBook Making Minnesota Liberal PDF written by Jennifer Alice Delton and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Jennifer Alice Delton |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816639221 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816639229 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making Minnesota Liberal by : Jennifer Alice Delton
Book excerpt: In Making Minnesota Liberal, Jennifer A. Delton delves into the roots of Minnesota politics and traces the change from the regional, third-party, class-oriented politics of the Farmer-Labor party to the national, two-party, pluralistic liberalism of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party (DFL). While others have examined how anticommunism and the Cold War shaped this transformation, Delton takes a new approach, showing the key roles played by antiracism and the civil rights movement. In telling this story, Delton contributes to our understanding not only of Minnesotas political history but also of.