Red scare! : right-wing hysteria, fifties fanaticism, and their legacy in Texas

Winner of the Texas State Historical Association Coral Horton Tullis Memorial Prize for Best Book on Texas History, this authoritative study of red-baiting in Texas reveals that what began as a coalition against communism became a fierce power struggle between conservative and liberal politics. Cover Half-title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Prologue 1 A Nervous New Civilization 2 Voices from the Left 3 Fear and Money 4 Red Scare Activists Organize 5 The Red Scare Begins 6 The Red Scare and the Schools 7 The Victim Is a Symbol: The George W. Ebey Affair 8 "Oveta Doesn't Brook Back-Talk" 9 Demagogues in Austin: McCarthy at San Jacinto 10 Bertie and the Board 11 Conclusion: Beyond the Red Scare Essay on Sources Notes Index By Don E. Carleton. Foreword By John Henry Fauly--cover. Original Version: Austin, Texas : Texas Monthly Press, C1985. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [319]-362) And Index.