State of defiance : challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil liberties / / Judith G. Poucher
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| Autore: |
Poucher Judith G.
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| Titolo: |
State of defiance : challenging the Johns Committee's assault on civil liberties / / Judith G. Poucher
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| Pubblicazione: | Gainesville, Florida : , : University Press of Florida, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (235 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 323.092/2759 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civil rights - Florida - History |
| Communism - Florida - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Florida Politics and government 1951- |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Charley Johns and Virgil Hawkins: ambition realized, dream deferred -- Virgil Hawkins: pursuit of the dream continues -- Ruth Perry: the librarian raises her voice -- Sig Diettrich: the geographer draws the line -- G. G. Mock: surrounded by fear, empowered by love -- Margaret Fisher and her University of South Florida colleagues: intellectuals versus inquisitors -- Conclusion: Majorities of one. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | During the era of McCarthyism, the Floridian legislative investigative group known as the Johns Committee subpoenaed citizens under charges of communism, homosexuality, or subversive behavior. This book uses previously unpublished sources and the recently unsealed records of the Johns Committee to profile five individuals who challenged the assault on civil liberties. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | State of defiance |
| ISBN: | 0-8130-4762-5 |
| 0-8130-5039-1 | |
| 0-8130-4879-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826389903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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