Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland

by Shirley A. Wiegand and Wayne A. Wiegand

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How civil liberties triumphed over national insecurity

Between the two major red scares of the twentieth century, a police raid on a Communist Party bookstore in Oklahoma City marked an important lesson in the history of American freedom.

In a raid on the Progressive Bookstore in 1940, local officials seized thousands of books and pamphlets and arrested twenty customers and proprietors. All were detained incommunicado and many were...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0806138688

ISBN13:9780806138688

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century Censorship Civil Rights Civil Rights & Liberties Communism & Socialism History Law Political Ideologies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Specific Topics State & Local Textbooks

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