The Cold War at Home: The Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960

by Philip Jenkins

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One of the most significant industrial states in the country, with a powerful radical tradition, Pennsylvania was, by the early 1950s, the scene of some of the fiercest anti-Communist activism in the United States. Philip Jenkins examines the political and social impact of the Cold War across the state, tracing the Red Scare's reverberations in party politics, the labor movement, ethnic organizations, schools and universities, and religious organizations. Among Jenkins's most provocative findings is the revelation that, although their absolute numbers were not large, Communists were very well positioned in crucial Pennsylvania regions and constituencies, particularly in labor unions,...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780807847817
  • Publish Date 18 October 1999
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 5 June 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
  • Edition New edition
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 288
  • Language English