The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! : pageantry and patriotism in Cold-War America / / Richard M. Fried

• Autore: Fried Richard M (Richard Mayer), <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.92
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization 1945-
• Note generali: Includes index.; Previously issued in print: 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming
• ISBN: 0-19-771716-0; 1-280-47313-4; 0-19-802348-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827026103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.