Seeing Reds: Federal Surveillance of Radicals in the Pittsburgh Mill District, 1917-1921 0822939983, 9780822939986

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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. World War I Surveillance, 1917-1918
1. The G-Men: Virtue Made Visible (and Invisible)
2. The World War I-Era Pittsburgh Left
3. Taming the Steel City Wobblies, 1917-1918
4. Excursions, Alarms, and Slackers Abroad: Extending the Range of Surveillance, 1918
Part 2. The Red Scare and After, 1919-1921
5. Bombs, A New Mission, and the Usual Suspects, 1919
6. The Great Strikes of 1919: Steel and Coal
7. The Palmer Raids I: The Union of Russian Workers, 1919
8. The Palmer Raids II: The Communists and the End of the Red Scare, 1920-1921
9. "Deporting" Margolis, 1919-1921
Epilogue
Notes
Index

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SEEING REDS RVEILLANCE H MI

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A John D. S. and Aida C. Truxall Book

FEDERAL SURVEILLANCE OF RADICALS IN THE PITTSBURGH MilL DISTRICT, 1917-1921 CHARLES

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Published by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15261 Copyright © 1997, University of Pittsburgh Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Printed on acid·free paper 10

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA McCormick, Charles H. (Charles Howard), 1932Seeing reds : federal surveillance of radicals in the Pittsburgh mill district, 1917-1921 / Charles H. McCormick.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8229-3998-3 (alk. paper) 1. Anti-communist movements-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-HistorY-20th century. 2. Communism-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-History-20th century. 3. United States-Politics and government-1913-1921. 4. Pittsburgh (Pa.}-Politics and government. 5. Internal security-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh-History-20th century. I. Title F159.p657M38 1997 974.8'86--