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Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle be

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Red Scare was first published in 1985. Its message is very important in this day of groups thinking others are unpatriotic and wanting to do away with traditional values. Differing opinions do not mean others are un-American and the book makes that point very well. -- Jerry Turner

Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Prologue
  • 1. A Nervous New Civilization
  • 2. Voices from the Left
  • 3. Fear and Money
  • 4. Red Scare Activists Organize
  • 5. The Red Scare Begins
  • 6. The Red Scare and the Schools
  • 7. The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair
  • 8. “Oveta Doesn’t Brook Back-Talk”
  • 9. Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto
  • 10. Bertie and the Board
  • 11. Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare
  • Essay on Sources
  • Notes
  • Index

Red Scare RightWing Hysteria Fifties Fanaticism

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/02/2014
      ISBN13: 9780292758551, 978-0292758551
      ISBN10: 0292758553

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle be

      Trade Review
      Red Scare was first published in 1985. Its message is very important in this day of groups thinking others are unpatriotic and wanting to do away with traditional values. Differing opinions do not mean others are un-American and the book makes that point very well. -- Jerry Turner

      Table of Contents
      • Foreword
      • Preface
      • Prologue
      • 1. A Nervous New Civilization
      • 2. Voices from the Left
      • 3. Fear and Money
      • 4. Red Scare Activists Organize
      • 5. The Red Scare Begins
      • 6. The Red Scare and the Schools
      • 7. The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair
      • 8. “Oveta Doesn’t Brook Back-Talk”
      • 9. Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto
      • 10. Bertie and the Board
      • 11. Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare
      • Essay on Sources
      • Notes
      • Index

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