Philippe R. Girard:The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!: Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America
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At a time when Americans dedicate their national holidays to barbecues, sporting events, and driving madly on crowded interstate highways to vacation homes and theme parks, it may be diff… More...
At a time when Americans dedicate their national holidays to barbecues, sporting events, and driving madly on crowded interstate highways to vacation homes and theme parks, it may be difficult to remember an era when patriotic observance was a matter of high seriousness and legislated pageantry.But now the memory is restored in fascinating detail by Richard M.Fried in this eye-opening book. After summarizing such patriotic developments as the sanctification of the American flag and the wide--and occasionally coercive--acceptance of the Pledge of Allegiance, Fried describes how the Ad Council, the American Heritage Foundation, and other organizations created campaigns to sell America to the Americans through carefully constructed rededication celebrations like Know Your America Weeks, Freedom Weeks, and traveling exhibitions such as the Freedom Train, which in the late 1940s brought original copies of seminal American documents directly to cities and towns across the country. He vividly recreates the spectacle of clashing New York City parades involving thousands of participants, as celebrants of the newly-created Loyalty Day marched in opposition to pro-Communist May Day demonstrations just blocks away.Most startling, though, is Frieds account of how Mosinee, Wisconsin was invaded by Communists in a staged media event sponsored by the American Legion.Citizens allowed themselves to be searched at random while local officials acted the part of Stalinists, and the town restaurants were required to serve only potato soup and black bread. Meticulously researched and colorfully told, The Russians Are Coming!The Russians Are Coming! recreates an absorbing--and revealing--dimension of American history.; PDF; History & Transport > Humamities > Regional & national history > History of the Americas, Oxford University Press<
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Richard M. Fried:Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the… More...
Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America, eBooks, eBook Download (EPUB), This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the Cold War as experienced at the grassroots level. Here, Fried traces the cresting of modern patriotic observance during World War II and then shows how patriotic and civic activists afterwards labored to recreate a remembered unity and commitment in the tension-filled Cold War era. A variety of national and local entities mounted campaigns "e;to sell America to the Americans"e; through "e;rededication"e; celebrations like Know Your America Week and Freedom Week. The American Heritage Foundation wheeled out the Freedom Train, which carried seminal documents of the nation's past to railroad depots across the US. Fried revisits the 1950 "e;Communist invasion"e; of Mosinee, Wisconsin, when ersatz Stalinists harassed and bullied citizens and the town's eateries served only potato soup and black bread. He also depicts the creation and inauguration of new patriotic events like Loyalty Day and Armed Forces Day. Meticulously researched, this book recreates a colorful, sometimes comical, and always revealing dimension of our history. [PU: Oxford University Press], Seiten: 240, Oxford University Press, 1999<
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Richard M. Fried:The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! : Pageantry and Patriotism in Cold-War America
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This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the Cold War as experienced at the grassroots level.Here, Fried traces the crest… More...
This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the Cold War as experienced at the grassroots level.Here, Fried traces the cresting of modern patriotic observance during World War II and then shows how patriotic and civic activists afterwards labored to recreate a remembered unity and commitment in the tension-filled Cold War era.A variety of national and local entities mounted campaigns "to sell America to the Americans" through "rededication" celebrations like Know Your America Week and Freedom Week.The American Heritage Foundation wheeled out the Freedom Train, which carried seminal documents of the nation's past to railroad depots across the US.Fried revisits the 1950 "Communist invasion" of Mosinee, Wisconsin, when ersatz Stalinists harassed and bullied citizens and the town's eateries served only potato soup and black bread.He also depicts the creation and inauguration of new patriotic events like Loyalty Day and Armed Forces Day. Meticulously researched, this book recreates a colorful, sometimes comical, and always revealing dimension of our history.; EPUB; History & Transport > Humanities > Regional & national history > History of the Americas, Oxford University Press<
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The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the Cold War as experienced at the grassroots level. Here, Fried traces the cres… More...
This book explores a widely lived yet little remembered facet of America's cultural and political history: the Cold War as experienced at the grassroots level. Here, Fried traces the cresting of modern patriotic observance during World War II and then shows how patriotic and civic activists afterwards labored to recreate a remembered unity and commitment in the tension-filled Cold War era. A variety of national and local entities mounted campaigns 'to sell America to the Americans' through 'rededication' celebrations like Know Your America Week and Freedom Week. The American Heritage Foundation wheeled out the Freedom Train, which carried seminal documents of the nation's past to railroad depots across the US. Fried revisits the 1950 'Communist invasion' of Mosinee, Wisconsin, when ersatz Stalinists harassed and bullied citizens and the town's eateries served only potato soup and black bread. He also depicts the creation and inauguration of new patriotic events like Loyalty Day and Armed Forces Day. Meticulously researched, this book recreates a colorful, sometimes comical, and always revealing dimension of our history. eBook Richard M. Fried ePUB, Oxford University Press, 12.08.1999, Oxford University Press, 1999<
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Richard M. Fried:Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
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