This study examines the effects of McCarthyism and anti-communist investigations at the local level. The author uses the case of Mary Knowles—a librarian who was investigated in the 1950s for alleged communist sympathies—to analyze how communities, local officials, and ordinary people were impacted by the politics surrounding the Cold War.
This study examines the effects of McCarthyism and anti-communist investigations at the local level. The author uses the case of Mary Knowles—a librarian who was investigated in the 1950s for alleged communist sympathies—to analyze how communities, local officials, and ordinary people were impacted by the politics surrounding the Cold War.
Allison Hepler is professor of history at the University of Maine at Farmington.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1: The Children's Librarian and the Samuel Adams School Chapter 2: Anticommunism in Massachusetts Chapter 3: The Fifth Amendment in Norwood, Massachusetts Chapter 4: Loyalty Oaths, Libraries, and Quakers in Pennsylvania Chapter 5: Public Funding for the Local Library: Quakers v. Local Officials Chapter 6: "Citizens for Philbrick" Anticommunist Campaign to Fire the Librarian Chapter 7: Fund for the Republic: Rewarding Freedom or Communists? Chapter 8: Contempt of Congress Chapter 9: National Scrutiny Chapter 10: Quakers and the House Un-American Activities Committee Chapter 11: Legal and Moral Victories
Chapter 1: The Children's Librarian and the Samuel Adams School Chapter 2: Anticommunism in Massachusetts Chapter 3: The Fifth Amendment in Norwood, Massachusetts Chapter 4: Loyalty Oaths, Libraries, and Quakers in Pennsylvania Chapter 5: Public Funding for the Local Library: Quakers v. Local Officials Chapter 6: "Citizens for Philbrick" Anticommunist Campaign to Fire the Librarian Chapter 7: Fund for the Republic: Rewarding Freedom or Communists? Chapter 8: Contempt of Congress Chapter 9: National Scrutiny Chapter 10: Quakers and the House Un-American Activities Committee Chapter 11: Legal and Moral Victories
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