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Fried Richard M (Richard Mayer), <1941-> |
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Titolo |
The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! : pageantry and patriotism in Cold-War America / / Richard M. Fried |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771716-0 |
1-280-47313-4 |
0-19-802348-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cold War - Social aspects - United States |
Political culture - United States - History - 20th century |
Patriotism - United States - History - 20th century |
Pageants - United States - History - 20th century |
Anti-communist movements - United States - History |
United States Civilization 1945- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Includes index. |
Previously issued in print: 1998. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-210) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Patriotic Pageantry in America; 1 Wake Up, America: Origins of Modern Patriotism; 2 Precious Freight: The Freedom Train; 3 Capturing the Streets for Loyalty; 4 Springtime for Stalin in Mosinee; 5 ""The Cold War Belongs to Us All"": Patriotizing the American Calendar; 6 The Cornwallises Send Regrets: Historical Commemoration in the 1950s; 7 Patriotic Gore; 8 ""Shame on Them"": The Decline of Cold War Pageantry; Conclusion; Notes; Manuscript Sources; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Historian Richard Fried, author of Nightmare in Red, ploughs new ground with this exploration of the often absurd lengths the average ctitizen in McCarthyite America went to help shore up patriotism and fend off the threat of the Red Menace. |
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