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Little 'Red Scares' : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States, 1921-1946.

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Anti-communism has long been a potent force in American politics, capable of gripping both government and popular attention. Nowhere is this more evident that the two great 'red scares' of 1919-20 and 1946-54; the latter generally - if somewhat inaccurately - termed McCarthyism. By focusin...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Goldstein, Robert Justin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2014.
Subjects:
Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Political persecution > United States > History > 20th century.
Social conflict > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1921-1923.
United States > Politics and government > 1923-1929.
United States > Politics and government > 1929-1933.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Anti-communist movements.
Political persecution.
Politics and government
Social conflict.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Little "Red Scares" : Anti-Communism and Political Repression in the United States
  • After the Red Scare : Civil Liberties in the Era of Harding and Coolidge / Ernest Freeberg
  • The FBI and the Politics of Anti-Communism, 1920-1945 : A Prelude to Power / Athan Theoharis
  • Citizens versus Outsiders : Anti-Communism at State and Local Levels / M.J. Heale
  • Red Herrings? The Fish Committee in the Early Depression Years / Alex Goodall
  • Little Red Schoolhouses? Anti-Communists and Education in the "Age of Conflicts" / Timothy Cain
  • Fighting the "Red Danger" : Employers and Anti-Communism / Chad Pearson
  • Leftward Ramparts : Labor and Anti-Communism Between the World Wars / Markku Ruotsila
  • Premature McCarthyism : Spanish Republican Aid and the Origins of Cold War Anti-Communism / Eric Smith
  • Laying the Foundations for the Post-World War II Red Scare : Investigating the Left-Feminist Consumer Movement / Landon R.Y. Storrs
  • The Dies Committee v. the New Deal : Real Americans and the Unending Search for Un-Americans / Kenneth O'Reilly
  • The Long Black and Red Scare : Anti-Communism and the African-American Freedom Struggle / Robbie Lieberman
  • Shooting Rabid Dogs : New York's Rapp Coudet Attack on Teachers Unions / Stephen Leberstein
  • The History of the Smith Act and the Hatch Act : Anti-Communism and the Rise of the Conservative Coalition in Congress / Rebecca Hill.

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