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Commonsense anticommunism labor and civil liberties between the world wars
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Commonsense anticommunism [electronic resource] : labor and civil liberties between the world wars / Jennifer Luff.
ISBN
9781469601717 (ebook) :
Published
Chapel Hill, [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 288 p.) : ill., ports.
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Summary
Between the Great War and Pearl Harbor, conservative labour leaders declared themselves America's 'first line of defence' against Communism. This account shows how the American Federation of Labor (AFL) fanned popular anticommunism but defended Communists' civil liberties in the aftermath of the 1919 Red Scare. The AFL's 'commonsense anticommunism', it argues, steered a middle course between the American Legion and the American Civil Liberties Union, helping to check campaigns for federal sedition laws.
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North Carolina scholarship online.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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May 06, 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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