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Author: Caroline S. Emmons
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: ABC-CLIO
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.748kg
ISBN: 9781598841039
ISBN 10: 1598841033
Pages: 227
Publication Date: 25 June 2010
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
"Acknowledgments, Series Introduction, Introduction, About the Editor and Contributors, Chronology, 1 Catalyst of Empire: Joseph McCarthy, Anti-Communism, and Early Cold War Political Culture, Jeffrey D. Bass 2 Federal Loyalty Oath Program, Martin Manning 3 McCarthy's Forgotten Defenders: Political and Social Conservatism in 1950s Pop Culture, Bryan E. Vizzini 4 McCarthy and the Media: How the ""Red Scare"" Affected Radio, TV, and Film, Donna L. Halper 5 An Unlikely Team: The Social Aspects of the Ground Observer Corps, David Mills 6 McCarthyism and the Cold War against Organized Labor in the United States, Saranna Thornton 7 ""Racist Saints and Communist Devils"": African Americans, McCarthyism, and the Cold War, S. Ani Mukherji 8 Sexuality and Gender in Cold War America: Social Experiences, Cultural Authorities, and the Roots of Political Change, Howard H.Chiang 9 Mothers, Spy Queens, and Subversives: Women in the McCarthy Era, Michella M. Marino 10 Duck and Cover: Children's Cold War Experiences in 1950s America, Margaret Peacock Primary Source Documents, Reference, Bibliography, Index,"
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<p> Focusing on ordinary people rather than wellknown figures, historians and other scholars from the US address effects<p>on men, women, children, gays and lesbians, African Americans, laborers, journalists, federal and civil defense workers, and popular culture, in addition to the politicians who shaped Cold War debates at the local and national levels. They identify the ways Cold War anxieties and priorities shaped US attitudes about gender relations, child-rearing, sexual behavior, and other aspects of life. Included are primary documents like testimony before the House Committee on Un- American Activities. - <p>Reference & Research Book News
Focusing on ordinary people rather than wellknown figures, historians and other scholars from the US address effectson men, women, children, gays and lesbians, African Americans, laborers, journalists, federal and civil defense workers, and popular culture, in addition to the politicians who shaped Cold War debates at the local and national levels. They identify the ways Cold War anxieties and priorities shaped US attitudes about gender relations, child-rearing, sexual behavior, and other aspects of life. Included are primary documents like testimony before the House Committee on Un- American Activities. - Reference & Research Book News
Author Information
Caroline S. Emmons is associate professor of history at Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA.
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