Red Alert!: Educators Confront the Red Scare in American Public Schools, 1947-1954 (Counterpoints)

Foster, Stuart J.

ISBN 10: 0820440507 / ISBN 13: 9780820440507

Published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red Alert!: Educators Confront the Red Scare in American Public Schools, 1947-1954 (Counterpoints)
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820440507
• ISBN 13: 9780820440507
• Binding: Paperback

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Synopsis

Typically referred to as the «red scare» or «McCarthy» era, the period from 1947 to 1954 proved particularly exacting for educators in America’s public schools. Red Alert! details the profound impact that the red scare had on educational policy and practice as well as examines professional educators’ cautious response to anti-communist repression. In particular, Red Alert! focuses on the work of the National Education Association’s Defense Commission and its singular, and often fruitless, efforts to thwart red scare attack.

About the Author

The Author: Stuart J. Foster is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Science Education at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Texas at Austin. He is widely published on the teaching and learning of history in public schools and on the history of education.