Commonsense anticommunism : labor and civil liberties between the world wars /

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Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "first line of defense" against Communism. In this surprising account, Jennifer Luff shows how the American Federation of Labor fanned popular anticommunism but defended Communists' c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luff, Jennifer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Temas:
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957.
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957
American Federation of Labor.
American Federation of Labor
1901-1953
Communism > United States.
Anti-communist movements > United States.
Communisme > États-Unis.
Anticommunisme > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism & Socialism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Anti-communist movements
Communism
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1953.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labor leaders declared themselves America's "first line of defense" against Communism. In this surprising account, Jennifer Luff shows how the American Federation of Labor fanned popular anticommunism but defended Communists' civil liberties in the aftermath of the 1919 Red Scare. The AFL's "commonsense anticommunism," she argues, steered a middle course between the American Legion and the ACLU, helping to check campaigns for federal sedition laws. But in the 1930s, frustration with the New Dealorder led labor conservatives to redbait the Ro.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 288 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-280) and index.
ISBN:9780807869895
0807869899
9781469601717
1469601710

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