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Better Dead Than Red: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness (edition 1992)

by Michael Barson

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"...pop-culture scholar Michael Barson illustrates and interprets those years of McCarthyism and Red-baiting, taking a satirical look at an era America would like to forget. Delving deep into the archives that time forgot, Barson creates an enlightening, startling, and often hilarious seletion of the day's magazines, editorials, films, advertisements, paperback novels, comic books, television shows, and even bubblegum cards, exemplifying America's xenophobia at its greatest excess" (from cover).… (more)
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Title:Better Dead Than Red: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness
Authors:Michael Barson
Info:Hyperion Books (Adult Trd Pap) (1992), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 1 pages
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Tags:non-fiction, art, Red Scare, propaganda, hysteria, extremism, pop culture

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Better Dead Than Red: A Nostalgic Look at the Golden Years of Russiaphobia, Red-Baiting, and Other Commie Madness by Michael Barson

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"...pop-culture scholar Michael Barson illustrates and interprets those years of McCarthyism and Red-baiting, taking a satirical look at an era America would like to forget. Delving deep into the archives that time forgot, Barson creates an enlightening, startling, and often hilarious seletion of the day's magazines, editorials, films, advertisements, paperback novels, comic books, television shows, and even bubblegum cards, exemplifying America's xenophobia at its greatest excess" (from cover).

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