No ivory tower : McCarthyism and the universities / Ellen W. Schrecker.

Author
Schrecker, Ellen [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.
Description
viii, 437 p. ; 25 cm.

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        Subject(s)
        Notes
        Includes index.
        Bibliographic references
        Bibliography: p. 343-356.
        Contents
        • "An excellent advertisement for the institution" : the development of academic freedom, 1886-1918
        • "In the camp of the people" : academic Communists in the 1930s and 1940s
        • "Conduct unbecoming" : the political repression of academic radicals, 1932-1942
        • "A matter of ethical hygiene" : the exclusion of communists from academic life after World War II
        • "Drawing the line" : the academy's early response to congressional investigations and right-wing attacks
        • "A very fertile field for investigation" : congressional committees, unfriendly witnesses, and the academic community
        • "Frankly and freely" : investigating committees and academic witnesses in the spring of 1953
        • "The slow treatment" : academic committees and their unfriendly witnesses
        • "A source of friction" : the quieter dismissals of left-wing teachers
        • "A very difficult time of it" : the academic blacklist in operation
        • "Not much fun" : coping with the academic blacklist
        • "Without guidance" : the academic profession responds to McCarthyism
        • Conclusion : no ivory tower.
        ISBN
        • 0195035577
        • 9780195035575
        • 9780195056631
        • 0195056639
        LCCN
        86008417
        OCLC
        13425990
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