| Book Reviews | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 132.3

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BOOK REVIEWS

Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love. By James Wolfinger. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2007. 336 pp. Illustrations, tables, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $49.95.)

James Wolfinger's Philadelphia Divided provides an in-depth analysis of the lives and politics of Philadelphia's various racial and ethnic groups between the 1930s and 1950s. He argues that, during this period, several political trends mitigated attempts to effect racial solidarity and damaged liberalism in Philadelphia. These issues were a more assertive black politics that drew African Americans closer to the Democratic Party, a right-wing drift among some members of Philadelphia's white population, and the Republicans' use of the "race card." Tensions also revolved around job competition and housing, international politics, the transit strike, and the segregation caused by the growing suburbanization outside of Philadelphia. Wolfinger's book also provides a plausible explanation for the early rise of modern conservatism and the decline of New Deal liberalism in cities like Philadelphia.

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