Overview
- Examines the origins of McCarthyism
Extensive original research in archival sources
Provides many new insights by investigating a neglected aspect of the McCarthy witchhunt
Part of the book series: American History in Depth (AHD)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Red Scare Politics in the States
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Red Scare Politics in Michigan
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Red Scare Politics in Massachusetts
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Red Scare Politics in Georgia
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Conclusion
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About this book
This book shows that some of the contending interpretations of McCarthyism are mutually compatible and reveals the importance of pressures usually overlooked. Professor Heale's deeply-probing study of Joe McCarthy's 'hinterland' in the American states, demonstrates that what is usually called McCarthyism was part of a political cycle, that emerged in the 1930s and took two decades to run its course.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: McCarthy's Americans
Book Subtitle: Red Scare Politics in State and Nation, 1935-1965
Authors: M. J. Heale
Series Title: American History in Depth
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14546-1
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 392
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: US History