Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s
by George Lipsitz
61 Members (4.00)
On This Page
Description
Rainbow at Midnight details the origins and evolution of working-class strategies for independence during and after World War II. Arguing that the 1940s may well have been the most revolutionary decade in U.S. history, George Lipsitz combines popular culture, politics, economics, and history to show how war mobilization transformed the working class and how that transformation brought issues of race, gender, and democracy to the forefront of American political culture. This book is a show more substantially revised and expanded work developed from the author's heralded 1981 Class and Culture in Cold War America. show lessTags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Labor History
77 works; 5 members
Author Information
14+ Works 770 Members
George Lipsitz is a Professor of Black Studies and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous books include How Racism Takes Place and A Life in the Struggle: Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition (both Temple). Lipsitz serves as Chair of the boards of Directors of the African American Policy Forum and of the show more Woodstock Institute and is senior editor of the comparative and relational ethnic studies journal KALFOU. show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Rainbow at Midnight: Labor and Culture in the 1940s
- Original publication date
- 1994-08-01
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Economics, Politics and Government, Business, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 305.5 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity People by social and economic levels
- LCC
- HD8072.5 .L56 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Labor. Work. Working class By region or country
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 61
- Popularity
- 508,840
- Rating
- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
