Cold War and McCarthy Era

People and Perspectives
Herausgeber: Emmons, Caroline

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers readers the opportunity to see how the Cold War and McCarthy eras affected men, women, and children of varying backgrounds, providing a more personal examination of this important era. Studies of the Cold War often focus on the political power players who shaped American/Soviet relations. Cold War and McCarthy Era: People and Perspectives shifts the spotlight to show how the fear of a Soviet attack and Communist infiltration affected the daily life of everyday Americans. Cold War and McCarthy Era gauges the impact of McCarthyism on a wide range of citizens. Chapters examine Cold War-era popular culture as well as the community-based Civil Defense Societies. Essays, key primary documents, and other reference tools further readers' understanding of how official reactions to Communist threats, both real and perceived, altered every aspect of American society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781598841039
• ISBN-10: 1598841033
• Artikelnr.: 26376377

Autorenporträt

Caroline S. Emmons is associate professor of history at Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA.

Inhaltsangabe

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