Description The postwar United States has experienced many forms of Populist politics, none more consequential than that of the Blue-Collar white ethnics who brought figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to the White House.
In 1971, Frank Rizzo became the first.
Blue-Collar Conservatism traces the rise of this little-understood, easily caricatured variant of populism by presenting a nuanced portrait of the supporters of Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo.
Description The postwar United States has experienced many forms of Populist politics, none more consequential than that of the Blue-Collar white ethnics who brought figures like Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump to the White House