02833nam 2200601Ia 450 991082305160332120200520144314.01-283-09839-397866130983991-57233-683-8(CKB)2560000000054946(EBL)668935(OCoLC)701095590(SSID)ssj0000474417(PQKBManifestationID)11286700(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474417(PQKBWorkID)10454730(PQKB)11436859(MiAaPQ)EBC668935(MdBmJHUP)muse18435(Au-PeEL)EBL668935(CaPaEBR)ebr10437929(CaONFJC)MIL309839(EXLCZ)99256000000005494620081020d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhite collar radicals TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy era /Aaron D. Purcell1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Pressc20091 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-661-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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 oNew Deal, 1933-1939RadicalismUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesHistory1933-1945New Deal, 1933-1939.RadicalismHistory303.48/40976809043Purcell Aaron D.1972-1652019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823051603321White collar radicals4102930UNINA