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Informationen zum Autor Don E. Carleton is Executive Director of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. He also holds the university’s J. R. Parten Chair in the Archives of American History. Carleton has published eight books, including Conversations with Cronkite, and he was executive producer of the award-winning PBS documentary When I Rise. Klappentext Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics. Zusammenfassung Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle be Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordPrefacePrologue1. A Nervous New Civilization2. Voices from the Left3. Fear and Money4. Red Scare Activists Organize5. The Red Scare Begins6. The Red Scare and the Schools7. The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair8. “Oveta Doesn’t Brook Back-Talk”9. Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto10. Bertie and the Board11. Conclusion: Beyond the Red ScareEssay on SourcesNotesIndex
List of contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Prologue
- 1. A Nervous New Civilization
- 2. Voices from the Left
- 3. Fear and Money
- 4. Red Scare Activists Organize
- 5. The Red Scare Begins
- 6. The Red Scare and the Schools
- 7. The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair
- 8. “Oveta Doesn’t Brook Back-Talk”
- 9. Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto
- 10. Bertie and the Board
- 11. Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare
- Essay on Sources
- Notes
- Index
