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Landon Storrs, “The Second Red Scare and the Unmaking of the New Deal Left” (Princeton UP, 2012)
Landon Storrs, “The Second Red Scare and the Unmaking of the New Deal Left” (Princeton UP, 2012)
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Length:
62 minutes
Released:
Feb 4, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Most people who listen to this podcast will have heard of Joseph McCarthy and HUAC (The House Committee on Un-American Activities). His activities and those of HUAC were, however, only the tip of a very large iceberg. In the 1940s and 1950s, the U.S. government conducted something like a “purge”...
Released:
Feb 4, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Francesco Duina, “Winning: Reflections on an American Obsession” (Princeton UP, 2010): “Winning is everything” is such a common phrase that we rarely question where it comes from and why we apply it to everyday experiences. One can win a little league game, an election, the lottery, a friendly competition at work or an unfriendly one. by Princeton UP Ideas Podcast