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Rainbow at Midnight details the origins and evolution of working-class strategies for independence during and after World War II. Arguing that the 1940s may well have been the most revolutionary decade in U.S. history, George Lipsitz combines popular culture, politics, economics, and history to show how war mobilization transformed the working class and how that transformation brought issues of race, gender, and democracy to the forefront of American political culture. This book is a substantially revised and expanded work developed from the author's heralded 1981 Class and Culture in Cold War America.

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According to the author, the years immediately following WW II marked the high tide of rank and file, shop-floor activism among American workers. Spurred on by their wartime experiences and sacrifices, working men and women attempted to set a more equitable economic and social agenda for the nation's future. Defeated in this effort by the combined power of employers, government officials, and their own union leaders, workers increasingly expressed their frustration with society through various cultural outlets including films and popular music. Rock and roll, for example, represented the fusion of white and African American working class musical traditions into a more accessible format that rapidly transcended its origins to reshape American culture. This claim and others should provoke considerable debate among historians. A primary reason is that Lipsitz's interpretation of events and behavior rests heavily on psychological assumptions that are difficult, if not impossible, to prove. One does not have to agree with an author to appreciate the value of his or her work. Rainbow at Midnight is an important, challenging study that deserves serious attention by all those interested in the postwar history of the US. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty.

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George Lipsitz, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California at San Diego, is also the author of A Life in the Struggle: Ivory Perry and the Culture of Opposition, for which he won the Kayden Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Prize.