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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823051603321

Autore

Purcell Aaron D. <1972->

Titolo

White collar radicals : TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy era / / Aaron D. Purcell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2009

ISBN

1-283-09839-3

9786613098399

1-57233-683-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/40976809043

Soggetti

New Deal, 1933-1939

Radicalism - United States - History - 20th century

United States History 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A fertile ground : the birth of the Tennessee Valley Authority -- "We were a bunch of radicals" : the early years of the Knoxville Fifteen -- Reds in the mailroom : the TVA years, 1933-1939 -- Wars at home and abroad : first investigations and second chances, 1940-1945 -- "Saw plenty" : confirmations and investigations, 1946-1947 -- "Oh, you mean the square dancing" : HUAC, the FBI, and the Remington trials, 1947-1954 -- Return to Knoxville, 1955-present.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book will make a real contribution to the history of McCarthyism, the history of Tennessee, and the history of TVA." -Russell B. Olwell, At Work in the Atomic City: A Labor and Social History of Oak Ridge, TennesseeThey came from all corners of the country-fifteen young, idealistic, educated men and women drawn to Knoxville, Tennessee, to work for the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the first of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal projects. Mostly holding entry-level jobs, these young people became friends and lovers, connecting to one another at work and through o