The Cold War at home : the Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960 / Philip Jenkins.

Author/creator Jenkins, Philip, 1952-
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxiv, 271 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Anti-communist movements--Pennsylvania. --History. --20th century.
Communism--Pennsylvania. --History. --20th century.
Internal security--Pennsylvania. --History. --20th century.
Anti-communist movements--United States. --History. --20th century. --Case studies.
Communism--United States. --History. --20th century. --Case studies.
Internal security--United States. --History. --20th century. --Case studies.
Cold War--Case studies.
Pennsylvania--Politics and government. --1865-1950.
United States--Politics and government. --1933-1953. --Case studies.

Contents ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Haunting Pennsylvania: the Communist tradition -- ch. 3. New Americanism, 1944-1950 -- ch. 4. Red scare rampant, 1950-1953 -- ch. 5. Saving labor -- ch. 6. Teaching Americanism: the purge of the teaching profession -- ch. 7. Struggle for the ethnic communities -- ch. 8. Constructing the beast: the churches and anti-Communism -- ch. 9. Coming in from the Cold War, 1956-1968 -- ch. 10. Consequences.
Local noteLittle-325828--305131025865$
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-259) and index.
LCCN 99017969
ISBN0807824984 (cl. : alk. paper)
ISBN080784781X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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