Mccarthyism (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with light wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. John Saul South Africa: Between 'Barbarism' and 'Structural Reform' Robert Brenner & Mark Glick The Regulation Approach: Theory and History Gavan McCormack The Price of Affluence: The Political Economy of Japanese Leisure Laura Mulvey A Phantasmagoria of the Female Body: The Work of Cindy Sherman Bruce Robbins Tenured Radicals, the New McCarthyism and 'PC' Martin Ryle Subcultures and Society.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. 8vo. 23.4 cm x 14.7 cm. [2], iii-v, [1], 1-248, i-xxxviii. Tan paper wrappers printed in black on the front wrapper and spine. Staple-bound. From the second session of the 87th Congress. The wrappers toned with a faint crease.

8vo. xv, [3], 413, [1] pp. Tan cloth, black lettering on spine (minor shelfwear, rubbing, minor bumping to couple corners), w/ d.j. cover design by Ed Bedno (chipping, tears, w/ o spine, chipping to fore-edges), VG/Fair, w/ taped-in signature of Joe McCarthy tipped-in on ffep., obituary article offprints from the National Review after McCarthy's death in 1957 laid-in. First edition, w/ signed ruled paper slip taped-in, of this decidedly skewed and supporting conservative critique of the infamous senator best remembered for his demagogic attacks, and reckless pursuit of supposed communist infiltration of American Institutions. Buckley and his fellow conservatives criticized McCarthy of being disorderly, reckless, and impulsive thereby resulting in his downfall, and yet, supports his basic beliefs. McCarthy signatures are rather uncommon.

Condition: Very good. An outstanding example of (presumably) amateur political protest art, depicting the House Un-American Activities Committee as a rabid King Kong on the verge of seizing the helpless damsel Civil Liberties. 1959 was the Committee's 21st year of existence, and it had by then become quite commonplace to condemn the HUAC's extremism, so much so that President Truman, in April of that year, called the committee "the most un-American thing in the country today." Still, it would take sixteen more years for HUAC to be officially abolished. We've been unable to trace the artist, but he (again, we presume) was clearly skilled, striking just the right balance between cartoon and editorial styles. A vivid piece of vernacular propaganda from the early days of the HUAC's decline. Light-brown paper hand-drawn in felt-tip marker; 24" by 18" approx. Evidence of having been hung up at corners: small pieces of tape at upper edge; two chips at bottom; plus 2" tear at center of bottom edge. Shallow creases (folded into eighths). Else clean, if mildly toned. Very good. Signed by an artist ("Vid") and dated in July 1959.

Jailed Until They "Talk." This broadside denounces the imprisonment of suspected Communists in Los Angeles during the McCarthy era. Los Angeles: Civil Rights Congress. Circa 1950. 12" x 8" inches. This pamphlet demands "The immediate dismissal of the witch-hunt grand jury! Immediate release on bail for those convicted of contempt! Dismissal of the frame-up contempt charges!" There was a real effort in the late 1940s and 50s to illegalize the Communist Party and other radical formations, amid acute tensions between the US and USSR. This pamphlet alleges that U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark and the Truman administration devised a trick to detain suspected communists, force them to inform on their allies, and jail them indefinitely on the basis of "contempt" if they refused cooperation. They go on to say, "If this trick works, the Bill of Rights will have been thrown out of the window." "Los Angeles' latest victims of Tom Clark" were ten men who had recently been imprisoned on these grounds. This tactic was applied throughout the nation but is most recognized in the highly televised HUAC hearings of prominent celebrities who had left-leaning political affiliations. Overall in very good condition.