The Un-Americans: Jews, the Blacklist, and Stoolpigeon Culture

by Joseph Litvak

Book Overview

In a bold rethinking of the Hollywood blacklist and McCarthyite America, Joseph Litvak reveals a political regime that did not end with the 1950s or even with the Cold War: a regime of compulsory sycophancy, in which the good citizen is an informer, ready to denounce anyone who will not play the part of the earnest, patriotic American. While many scholars have noted the anti-Semitism underlying the House Un-American Activities Committee's (HUAC's)...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082234484X
• ISBN13: 9780822344841
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"