Behind the Backlash

Behind the Backlash
Title Behind the Backlash PDF eBook
Author Kenneth D. Durr
Publisher Univ of North Carolina Press
Pages 308
Release 2003-11-20
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0807862371

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In this nuanced look at white working-class life and politics in twentieth-century America, Kenneth Durr takes readers into the neighborhoods, workplaces, and community institutions of blue-collar Baltimore in the decades after World War II. Challenging notions that the "white backlash" of the 1960s and 1970s was driven by increasing race resentment, Durr details the rise of a working-class populism shaped by mistrust of the means and ends of postwar liberalism in the face of urban decline. Exploring the effects of desegregation, deindustrialization, recession, and the rise of urban crime, Durr shows how legitimate economic, social, and political grievances convinced white working-class Baltimoreans that they were threatened more by the actions of liberal policymakers than by the incursions of urban blacks. While acknowledging the parochialism and racial exclusivity of white working-class life, Durr adopts an empathetic view of workers and their institutions. Behind the Backlash melds ethnic, labor, and political history to paint a rich portrait of urban life--and the sweeping social and economic changes that reshaped America's cities and politics in the late twentieth century.

Behind the Backlash

Behind the Backlash
Title Behind the Backlash PDF eBook
Author Lori Peek
Publisher Temple University Press
Pages 230
Release 2011
Genre History
ISBN 1592139841

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How Muslim-American identity has been shaped by 9/11 and its after-effects.

Backlash

Backlash
Title Backlash PDF eBook
Author Brad Thor
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 400
Release 2022-03
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1982148586

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Backlash

Backlash
Title Backlash PDF eBook
Author Sarah Darer Littman
Publisher Scholastic Inc.
Pages 288
Release 2015-04-28
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0545651271

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In critically acclaimed author Sarah Darer Littman's gripping new novel what happens online doesn't always stay online . . . Lara just got told off on Facebook. She thought that Christian liked her, that he was finally going to ask her to his school's homecoming dance. It's been a long time since Lara's felt this bad, this depressed. She's worked really hard since starting high school to be happy and make new friends.Bree used to be BBFs with overweight, depressed Lara in middle school, but constantly listening to Lara's problems got to be too much. Bree's secretly glad that Christian's pointed out Lara's flaws to the world. Lara's not nearly as great as everyone thinks.After weeks of talking online, Lara thought she knew Christian, so what's with this sudden change? And where does he get off saying horrible things on her wall? Even worse - are they true?But no one realized just how far Christian's harsh comments would push Lara. Not even Bree. As online life collides with real life, the truth starts to come together and the backlash is even more devastating than anyone could have imagined.

The Battle and the Backlash

The Battle and the Backlash
Title The Battle and the Backlash PDF eBook
Author David Hechler
Publisher Free Press
Pages 404
Release 1989-10
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 9780669213621

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Failure to Adjust

Failure to Adjust
Title Failure to Adjust PDF eBook
Author Edward Alden
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 269
Release 2017-09-15
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1538109093

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*Updated edition with a new foreword on the Trump administration's trade policy* The vast benefits promised by the supporters of globalization, and by their own government, have never materialized for many Americans. In Failure to Adjust Edward Alden provides a compelling history of the last four decades of US economic and trade policies that have left too many Americans unable to adapt to or compete in the current global marketplace. He tells the story of what went wrong and how to correct the course. Originally published on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, Alden’s book captured the zeitgeist that would propel Donald J. Trump to the presidency. In a new introduction to the paperback edition, Alden addresses the economic challenges now facing the Trump administration, and warns that economic disruption will continue to be among the most pressing issues facing the United States. If the failure to adjust continues, Alden predicts, the political disruptions of the future will be larger still.

Blaming Islam

Blaming Islam
Title Blaming Islam PDF eBook
Author John R. Bowen
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 138
Release 2012-03-02
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0262301105

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Why fears about Muslim integration into Western society—propagated opportunistically by some on the right—misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism. In the United States and in Europe, politicians, activists, and even some scholars argue that Islam is incompatible with Western values and that we put ourselves at risk if we believe that Muslim immigrants can integrate into our society. Norway's Anders Behring Breivik took this argument to its extreme and murderous conclusion in July 2011. Meanwhile in the United States, state legislatures' efforts to ban the practice of Islamic law, or sharia, are gathering steam—despite a notable lack of evidence that sharia poses any real threat. In Blaming Islam, John Bowen uncovers the myths about Islam and Muslim integration into Western society, with a focus on the histories, policy, and rhetoric associated with Muslim immigration in Europe, the British experiment with sharia law for Muslim domestic disputes, and the claims of European and American writers that Islam threatens the West. Most important, he shows how exaggerated fears about Muslims misread history, misunderstand multiculturalism's aims, and reveal the opportunism of right wing parties who draw populist support by blaming Islam.