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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465276403321

Autore

Friedman Andrea

Titolo

Citizenship in Cold War America : the national security state and the possibilities of dissent / / Andrea Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61376-296-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Collana

Culture, Politics, and the Cold War

Disciplina

323.60973/09045

Soggetti

Citizenship - United States - History - 20th century

Citizenship - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Dissenters - United States - History - 20th century

Internal security - United States - History - 20th century

National security - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Citizenship stories in exceptional times -- Internal security, national security : psychological citizenship in the Cold War era -- The case of the war bride : liberal citizenship and human rights in the national security state -- The right to earn a living : loyalty, race, and economic citizenship -- "A dependent independence and a dominated dominion" : empire and semi-citizenship on the Cold War stage -- "The show of violence" : social citizenship, democracy, and the remaking of national security -- Conclusion: Exceptions, exceptionalism, and US citizenship.