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082 0 4 _a371.0109747
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aFeffer, Andrew
_eautore
245 1 0 _aBad Faith :
_bTeachers, Liberalism, and the Origins of McCarthyism /
_cAndrew Feffer.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bFordham University Press,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2019
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520 _aIn late summer 1940, as war spread across Europe and as the nation pulled itself out of the Great Depression, an anticommunist hysteria convulsed New York City. Targeting the city's municipal colleges and public schools, the New York state legislature's Rapp-Coudert investigation dragged hundreds of suspects before public and private tribunals to root out a perceived communist conspiracy to hijack the city's teachers unions, subvert public education, and indoctrinate the nation's youth. Drawing on the vast archive of Rapp-Coudert records, Bad Faith provides the first full history of this witch-hunt, which lasted from August 1940 to March 1942. Anticipating McCarthyism and making it possible, the episode would have repercussions for decades to come. In recapturing this moment in the history of prewar anticommunism, Bad Faith challenges assumptions about the origins of McCarthyism, the liberal political tradition, and the role of anticommunism in modern American life. With roots in the city's political culture, Rapp-Coudert enjoyed the support of not only conservatives but also key liberal reformers and intellectuals who, well before the Cold War raised threats to national security, joined in accusing communists of "bad faith" and branded them enemies of American democracy. Exploring fundamental schisms between liberals and communists, Bad Faith uncovers a dark, "countersubversive" side of liberalism, which involved charges of misrepresentation, lying, and deception, and led many liberals to argue that the communist left should be excluded from American educational institutions and political life. This study of the Rapp-Coudert inquisition raises difficult questions about the good faith of the many liberals willing to aid and endorse the emerging Red scare, as they sacrificed principles of open debate and academic freedom in the interest of achieving what they believed would be effective modern government based on bipartisanship and a new and seemingly permanent economic prosperity.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)
650 0 _aAnti-communist movements
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aCommunism and education
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aCommunity colleges
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPublic schools
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aAmerican Studies.
650 4 _aEducation.
650 4 _aPolitical Science.
650 7 _aEDUCATION / History.
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653 _a1940s.
653 _aMcCarthyism.
653 _aNew York City school system.
653 _aRapp-Coudert investigation.
653 _aRed Scare.
653 _aanti-communist liberalism.
653 _aanticommunism.
653 _apolitical ideology.
653 _ateachers unions.
653 _athe union movement.
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9780823281183?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823281183
856 4 2 _3Cover
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