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Author Carleton, Don E., 1947- author.

Title Red scare : right-wing hysteria, fifties fanaticism, and their legacy in Texas / by Don E. Carlton
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2014
©1985

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Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- 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
Summary <P>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.</p>
Notes Originally published: Austin, Tex. : Texas Monthly Press, 1985
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Mar. 27, 2014)
Subject Subversive activities -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century
Internal security -- Texas -- Houston -- History -- 20th century
Right and left (Political science)
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Internal security
Right and left (Political science)
Subversive activities
SUBJECT Houston (Tex.) -- History
Subject Texas -- Houston
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2014412049
ISBN 9780292758568
0292758561
9780292758575
029275857X