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Author Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-

Title John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the politics of ethnic incorporation and avoidance [electronic resource] / Robert C. Smith.

Imprint Albany : SUNY Press, c2013.

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Description xii, 254 p.
Series SUNY series in African American studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Understanding ethnicity and ethnic incorporation in the United States -- The subordination of Irish Catholics and African Americans -- Identity, solidarity and culture : Irish Catholics and African Americans -- Boston and Chicago and the rise of Kennedy and Obama -- Ethnic men : the Al Smith and Jesse Jackson campaigns -- The incorporation of the Catholic Irish, and the semi-incorporation of African Americans -- Kennedy and Obama : charisma, character and ethnic identity -- Religion and the election of 1960 -- Race and the election of 2008 -- The politics of ethnic avoidance in the Kennedy and Obama administrations.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
Obama, Barack.
Minorities -- Political activity -- United States.
Political participation -- United States.
Irish Americans -- Politics and government.
Catholics -- Political activity -- United States.
African Americans -- Politics and government.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2008.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781438445595 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438445618 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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