Smith, Robert C.  1947- <br/><br/>
John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the politics of ethnic incorporation and avoidance  [electronic resource] / 
Robert C. Smith. 
 - Albany :  SUNY Press,  c2013. 
 - xii, 254 p. 
 - SUNY series in African American studies .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. <br/>Obama, Barack.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Minorities--Political activity--United States.<br/>Political participation--United States.<br/>Irish Americans--Politics and government.<br/>Catholics--Political activity--United States.<br/>African Americans--Politics and government.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--1960.<br/>Presidents--Election--United States--2008.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E184.A1  / S6645 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>323.173