Philadelphia Divided: Race and Politics in the City of Brotherly Love

When PTC moved to implement the FEPC order (with the hope of undermining the CIO-affiliated Transport Workers Union), white workers walked out with the tacit support of company management and the Republican-controlled city government and police force. Building on the PTC case, the final chapters of Philadelphia Divided explore the postwar terrain of white suburbanization and urban deindustrialization, along with the efforts of Republicans to link the racial fears and growing economic insecurities of ethnic whites.