John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the politics of ethnic incorporation and avoidance - Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-; ebrary, Inc. (Albany : SUNY Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Kennedy, John F. -- 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.; Electronic books