Rethinking the Red Scare - The Lusk Committee and New York's Crusade Against Radicalism, 1919-1923

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

1. The Underlying Causes of the Red Scare 2. The Formation of the Lusk Committee 3. The Origins and Operations of the Soviet Bureau 4. Reactions From Businessmen and the Lusk Committee 5. The Rand School vs. The Lusk Committee 6. From the Courtroom to the Legislature Conclusion Appendices Bibliography

About the author

Todd J. Pfannestiel

Summary

Re-evaluates the Red Scare that followed World War One in light of the new methods of political repression developed in New York, methods that established a pattern for future episodes of intolerance.

Product details

• Authors: Todd J. Pfannestiel, Pfannestiel Todd J.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.09.2003
• EAN: 9780415947671
• ISBN: 978-0-415-94767-1
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 610 g
• Series: Studies in American Popular History and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms