Fear of Conspiracy Images of un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present

Name: Fear of Conspiracy Images of un-American Subversion from the Revolution to the Present
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ISBN: 9780801491139

ISBN-10: 0801491134

ISBN-13: 9780801491139

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Brion Davis

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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 "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 offers selections from…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 2/13/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 408
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

David Brion Davis is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University and director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. His previous books include The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, which won a National Book Award and the Bancroft Prize, and The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture which won a Pulitzer Prize.