The Fear of Conspiracy (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
408
Utgivningsdatum
2008-02-01
Upplaga
New ed
Förlag
Cornell University Press
Medarbetare
Davis, David Brion (ed.)
Illustrationer
black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
216 x 141 x 24 mm
Vikt
518 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN
9780801491139

The Fear of Conspiracy

Images of Un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present

av David Brion Davis
Häftad,  Engelska, 2008-02-01
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First published by Cornell in 1971, The Fear of Conspiracy brings together eighty-five speeches, documents, and writingsthe authors of which range from George Washington to Stokely Carmichaelthat illustrate the role played in American history by the fear of conspiracy and subversion. This book, documenting two centuries of conspiracy-mongering (1763-1966), highlights the American tendency to search for subversive enemies and to construct terrifying dangers from fragmentary and highly circumstantial evidence.
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Although Davis identifies six conspiratorial themes that run the gamut of American history, two ideas make a most impressive impact: the threat of a foreign conspiracy, and the challenge to the established order. * Baltimore Evening Sun * Among these wild fantastic irrationalities and sober intellectual statements, one must keep context and chronology clear or there is danger of reigniting the flames of old worries and exploding ancient prejudices again. But Davis has supplied judicious commentary and adequate documentation of sources. * Library Journal * Davis covers such deviations as pro- and anti-slavery factions, anti-Catholic groups up to the Liberty League, Communist and McCarthyite organizations, and anti-Warren Commission writings. Davis provides an introductory essay to each section and generally elucidates the importance of conspiratorial thinking in American history. * New York Times * Davis offers selections from some heroes as well as from the historical villains.... Davis believes that acceptance of 'paranoid' notions 'leads inevitably to overreaction.'. * The Nation *

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David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus and Director Emeritus of the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University. He is the winner of several national awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, and the author several books including Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World, winner of the 2007 Phi Beta Kappa Society's Ralph Waldo Emerson Award.

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