White collar radicals : TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy era / Aaron D. Purcell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Purcell, Aaron D., 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Deal, 1933-1939.

Radicalism--United States--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

United States--History--1933-1945.

United States.

United States. Congress. House. Special Committee on Un-American Activities (1938-1944).

Communist Party of the United States of America.

Tennessee Valley Authority--Employees.

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book will make a real contribution to the history of McCarthyism, the history of Tennessee, and the history of TVA." -Russell B. Olwell, At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, TennesseeThey came from all corners of the country-fifteen young, idealistic, educated men and women drawn to Knoxville, Tennessee, to work for the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal projects. Mostly holding entry-level jobs, these young people became friends and lovers, connecting to one another at work and through o

Contents:

A fertile ground : the birth of the Tennessee Valley Authority

"We were a bunch of radicals" : the early years of the Knoxville Fifteen

Reds in the mailroom : the TVA years, 1933-1939

Wars at home and abroad : first investigations and second chances, 1940-1945

"Saw plenty" : confirmations and investigations, 1946-1947

"Oh, you mean the square dancing" : HUAC, the FBI, and the Remington trials, 1947-1954

Return to Knoxville, 1955-present.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613098399

9781283098397

1283098393

9781572336834

1572336838

OCLC:

701095590