Not seeing red : American librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1917-1960 / Stephen Karetzky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karetzky, Stephen, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library science--Soviet Union--History.

Library science.

Libraries and communism--Soviet Union--History.

Libraries and communism.

Librarians--United States--Attitudes.

Librarians.

Public opinion.

History.

Soviet Union--Foreign public opinion, American.

Soviet Union.

United States--Public opinion.

United States.

International librarianship.

Physical Description:

xi, 504 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2002]

Summary:

In Not Seeing Red, Stephen Karetzky examines American librarianship's attitude towards the Soviet Union from the Russian Revolution through the Cold War. While focusing on the years 1917 through 1960, the work includes an overview of the subsequent period ending with Gorbachev's rise to power. Karetzky's study concentrates on leaders of the library profession in the United States, but also deals with American educationists as well as librarians in Britain and other countries.

Contents:

1. The Coming of Communist Librarianship 13

Librarianship in Pre-Revolutionary Russia

The First Decades of Communist Librarianship

Lenin and Krupskaya: The Touchstones of Communist Librarianship

2. Accurate Critiques of the Soviet Union, 1917-1939 43

3. Early Western Assistance to Soviet Librarianship 57

Technical Information and Professional Advice

Contemporary Coverage of Developments in the Soviet Union

Librarianship's Double Standard for Communism and Fascism

4. Authors, Intellectuals, and Educators Applaud the USSR 101

Cultural Leaders

John Dewey

George S. Counts

5. American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1940-1949 141

The World War II Years

The Postwar 1940's

6. American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1950-1959 157

Scholarly Research and Other Writings

Visits to the Soviet Union

7. The Profession Opposes Anti-Communism 191

The Philosophy of International Librarianship

The Overseas Libraries Dispute

The Intellectual Freedom Movement

8. Mainstream Intellectuals and Academics Oppose Anti-Communism 257

The Mainstream Intellectuals' Assault on the Anti-Communists

The Book World Opposes Anti-Communism

9. An Overview of American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1960-1985 275

The State of Communist Librarianship and Its International Relations

The Anglo-American Ideology of International Librarianship

10. The Betrayal of the Professionals: Why? 291

Intellectual, Psychological, Social, and Moral Pathologies

11. The Complicity of Library Historians 305

Anti-Anti-Communism and Historical Revisionism

Specific Examples.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [413]-467) and index.

ISBN:

0761821627

0761821635

OCLC:

48249193