Timothy J. Lombardo’s ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’: Frank Rizzo’s rise, amid class and race antagonisms that swept city and country

Frank Rizzo's rise to power is familiar enough. But this book argues that Rizzo rode a kind of white conservatism based on class and race antagonisms that eventually spread throughout the country. Brewing for more than half a century, it may have led to the 2016 election.