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Online-Ressource (289 p)
ISBN:
9781572336612
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"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 o
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One: Visions; Chapter 1. A Fertile Ground: The Birth of the Tennessee Valley Authority; Chapter 2. "We Were a Bunch of Radicals": The Early Years of the Knoxville Fifteen; Chapter 3. Reds in the Mailroom: The TVA Years, 1933-1939; Part Two: Realities; Chapter 4. Wars at Home and Abroad: First Investigations and Second Chances, 1940-1945; Chapter 5. "Saw Plenty": Confirmations and Investigations, 1946-1947; Chapter 6. "Oh, You Mean the Square Dancing": HUAC, the FBI, and the Remington Trials, 1947-1954
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Part Three: AftermathChapter 7. Return to Knoxville, 1955-Present; Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781572336834
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781572336612
Additional Edition:
Print version White Collar Radicals : TVA's Knoxville Fifteen, the New Deal, and the McCarthy Era
Language:
English
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