Making Republicans Liberal: Social Struggle and the Politics of Compromise

Mass movements and social protest forced mid-century Republicans to articulate their own form of liberalism

As poor and working people organized themselves on the job, in the streets, and at the polls during the mid-twentieth century, they forced Republicans to reckon with new demands for political and social citizenship in big cities across the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Coast. While rightwing Republicans mobilized to crush those movements, Making Republicans Liberal explores how anoth...