Red scare : a study in national hysteria, 1919-1920 / by Robert K. Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Robert K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--United States.

Communism.

Subversive activities--United States.

Subversive activities.

Hysteria (Social psychology)--Case studies.

Hysteria (Social psychology).

United States--Economic conditions--1918-1945.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 337 pages : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [c1955]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few periods n American history have been so dramatic, so fraught with mystery, or so bristling with fear and hysteria as were the days of the great Red Scare that followed World War I. For sheer excitement, it would be difficult to find a more absorbing t.

Contents:

Intro

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE

2 AMERICAN RADICALS

3 THE FIRE BEHIND THE SMOKE

4 THE ROAD THAT LEADS

5 BOMBS, RIOTS, AND MORE BOMBS

6 THE PATRIOTIC DEFENSE

7 LABOR AND BOLSHEVISM

8 WHEN POLICEMEN STRIKE

9 BIG STEEL-GRAY OR PINK?

10 COAL-BLACK OR RED?

11 THE GAG AND THE MOB

12 THE QUAKER AND THE ARK

13 THE JANUARY RAIDS

14 RACE BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS

15 EBBING TIDE

16 PEBBLES ON THE BEACH

NOTE ON SOURCES

FOOTNOTES

INDEX

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M

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O

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Y

Z.

Notes:

Master microform held by: DLC.

Call number of original: E743.5.M8.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5833-1

OCLC:

233576347