Manipulating Fear: The Texas State Government and the Second Red Scare, 1947-1954 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Manipulating Fear: The Texas State Government and the Second Red Scare, 1947-1954

Creator

  • Author: Bonewell, Shaffer Allen
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Moye, Todd
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Committee Chair
  • Committee Member: Torget, Andrew
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Cox, Graham
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
    Additional Info: www.unt.edu

Date

  • Creation: 2019-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Between 1947 and 1954, the Texas State Legislature enacted a series of eight highly restrictive anti-communist laws. Designed to protect political, military, and economic structures in the state from communist infiltration, the laws banned communists from participating the political process, required registration of all communists who entered the state and eventually outlawed the Communist Party. Drawn from perceptions about Cold War events, such as the Truman Doctrine and the Korean War, and an expanding economy inside of Texas, members of the state legislature perceived that communism represented a threat to their state. However, when presented with the opportunity to put the laws into action during the 1953 Port Arthur Labor Strike, the state government failed to bring any charges against those who they labeled as communists. Instead of actually curtailing the limited communist presence inside of the state, members of the state government instead used the laws to leverage political control throughout the state by attacking labor, liberals in education and government, and racial minorities with accusations of communism.
  • Physical Description: iv, 144 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Second Red Scare
  • Keyword: Texas State Legislature
  • Keyword: Anti-Communism
  • Keyword: History, United States
  • Keyword: History, General

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Holder: Bonewell, Shaffer Allen
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: submission_1573
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1505165

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Science
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Academic Department: Department of History
  • College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
  • Degree Discipline: History
  • Degree Publication Type: thesi
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

Note

  • Embargo Note: The work will be published after approval.
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