Church and State in the City: Catholics and Politics in Twentieth-Century San Francisco

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 CONTENTS ONTENTS Acknowledgments vii Introduction: City of Contests 1 1 “The True Interests of a City”: The Public Interest in a Divided City 7 2 “The Need for Cooperation”: The Origins of the Liberal Growth Regime 25 3 “No Quarter Can Be Given”: Catholics, Communists, and the Construction of the Public Interest 44 4 “A Great Tragedy”: Catholics, Communists, and the Specter of Fascism 66 5 “With Malice toward None”: Catholic Liberalism in San Francisco 80 6 A “Different Era”: San Francisco Women and the Pursuit of the Public Interest 99 7 “Humanity Is One Great Family”: Jews, Catholics, and the Achievements of Racial Reform 125 8 “Not for . . . Real Estate Values Alone”: Urban Redevelopment and the Limits of Racial Reform 149 vi CONTENTS 9 To “Alleviate Racial Concentrations”: The Public Interest in Education and Employment 173 10 “Land Values, Human Values, and the City’s Treasured Appearance”: The Freeway Revolt 199 11 “I Came Out of the New Deal”: Redefining the Public Interest, 1967–1980 220 Conclusion: Beyond the New Deal 251 Notes 255 Index 311 Illustrations follow page 118 ...