Bad faith : teachers, liberalism, and the origins of McCarthyism / Andrew Feffer.

By:

Feffer, Andrew, 1954- [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, (c)2019.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (viii, 328 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780823281183

Subject(s):

New York (State). Legislature. Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate the Educational System of the State of New York
Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Community colleges -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Communism and education -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
Anti-communist movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

LA339 .B334 2019

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Contents:

The stooge Grebanier -- Coudertism -- Vichy's lawyer? -- Part II: Class war. The Dewey trial -- The educational front -- Far from the ivory tower -- Part III: The mortal storm. Bad faith -- CCNY -- Flirting with the right -- Communism on trial -- Aftermath -- Conclusion: The Coudert legacy.

Subject: This work recounts the history of the Rapp-Coudert investigation into communist subversion in the public schools and municipal colleges of New York City, lasting from 1940 to 1942. This study explores how prominent depression-era liberals, as they joined in accusing Communists of 'bad faith' and branded them enemies of American democracy, anticipated and made McCarthyism possible.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	LA339.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1079399103

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part I: The hearings. The threshold -- The stooge Grebanier -- Coudertism -- Vichy's lawyer? -- Part II: Class war. The Dewey trial -- The educational front -- Far from the ivory tower -- Part III: The mortal storm. Bad faith -- CCNY -- Flirting with the right -- Communism on trial -- Aftermath -- Conclusion: The Coudert legacy.

This work recounts the history of the Rapp-Coudert investigation into communist subversion in the public schools and municipal colleges of New York City, lasting from 1940 to 1942. This study explores how prominent depression-era liberals, as they joined in accusing Communists of 'bad faith' and branded them enemies of American democracy, anticipated and made McCarthyism possible.

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