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1 online resource (228 pages) |
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Studies in American Popular History and Culture |
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American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One Introduction: HUAC, Hollywood and the Evolution of the Red Menace; Chapter Two Land of the Free, Home of the Hysterical: American Communism and the Cultivation of ""Red"" Hysteria; Chapter Three Painting Them Red: Periodicals and the Proliferation of American Anti-Communism 1935-1950; Chapter Four The Communist Conundrum: Moderate Hollywood Communists and Why They Were Subject to the HUAC Inquisition; Chapter Five Communism on Camera: Ninotchka and the Cinematic Representation of the Communist Left |
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Chapter Six The Right to Remain Silent: Hollywood, Albert Maltz, and the Post-Hearing ResistanceChapter Seven The Red Raid in Retrospect: Reflections on HUAC's Hollywood Investigation and Its Impact on the Evolution of McCarthyism; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This work concentrates on tracing the evolution of the so-called ""red menace"" phenomenon as a means of demonstrating the correlation between growing American paranoia and the success of the anticommunist campaign (1935-1955). The House Committee on Un-American Activities 1947 investigation of Hollywood, the nation's most visible industry, served a critical role in conjuring up anti-red hysteria and fanning the flames of virulent anticommunism. Using conveniently unjust tactics, the Committee ""painted"" targeted Hollywood personalities red and established the infamous blacklist - certifie |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135914998 |
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1135914990 |
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