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'Fure-Slocum offers a detailed case study of the post-World War II resurgence of conservativism in the US. This solidly researched study focuses on the effective rejection of liberal New Deal policies regarding race, organized labour, and working-class politics ... especially useful for readers interested in local, political, or urban history.' Choice 'Fure-Slocum has provided an extremely fine-grained account of postwar Milwaukee politics.' Bruce Fetter, Journal of Interdisciplinary History 'This is an insightful, carefully crafted, and deeply researched study.' Roger D. Simon, The Journal of American History 'Fure-Slocum's fine book is part of a growing literature on mid-century urbanism and the origins of the Rust Belt ... The book's greatest strength lies in its perspective: it does not look to explain the urban crises of the 1960s or the political and environmental costs of suburbanization, yet it encourages us to rethink how the policies and practices of public housing, racial segregation, industrial mobility, and urban sprawl emerged not from an inevitable and shared sense of urban decline.' Paul O'Hara, The American Historical Review 'Fure-Slocum does a wonderful job of portraying the resistance mounted by organized labor and working-class communities and the persistence of liberal reformers who viewed the city's prosperity as hinging on the growth of the downtown.' Robert A. Beauregard, Reviews in American History '[An] important book ... Scholars of American urban life and politics should welcome this volume. The author makes a convincing case that developments in Milwaukee had significant parallels with changes elsewhere in postwar urban America. The next generation of students seeking to understand the politics of the war and early postwar years will find this book a useful scaffolding.' Joe William Trotter, Jr, Social History 'In this detailed case study of a lone city during a single decade, the author manages to tackle a number of important issues to students of US urban life in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. His analysis of how Milwaukee's political culture changed significantly considers the important roles played by African Americans, women, trade unions, and other groups striving for economic security in a hazardous time of deindustrialization.' Roger Biles, The Michigan Historical Review

'Fure-Slocum offers a detailed case study of the post-WWII resurgence of conservativism in the US. This solidly researched study focuses on the effective rejection of liberal New Deal policies regarding race, organized labour, and working-class politics ... especially useful for readers interested in local, political, or urban history.' Choice 'Fure-Slocum has provided an extremely fine-grained account of postwar Milwaukee politics.' Bruce Fetter, Journal of Interdisciplinary History 'This is an insightful, carefully crafted, and deeply researched study.' Roger D. Simon, The Journal of American History 'Fure-Slocum's fine book is part of a growing literature on mid-century urbanism and the origins of the Rust Belt ... The book's greatest strength lies in its perspective: it does not look to explain the urban crises of the 1960s or the political and environmental costs of suburbanization, yet it encourages us to rethink how the policies and practices of public housing, racial segregation, industrial mobility, and urban sprawl emerged not from an inevitable and shared sense of urban decline.' Paul O'Hara, American Historical Review

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Eric Fure-Slocum teaches History and American Studies at St Olaf College. His research and writing focuses on twentieth-century US urban and working-class history, with an interest in the shaping of American political culture and the political economy.

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