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Sample Record
Database
PAIS Archive
Title
The communist controversy in Washington: from the New Deal to McCarthy
Author
Latham, Earl
Source
Harvard University Press; Oxford University Press, 1966. viii+446 pp.
Descriptors
Communist party (United States)
Government investigations
Subversive activities
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Abstract
Congressional committee investigations into activities of the
Communist party from the early 1930's to 1953.
Publisher
Harvard University Press; Oxford University Press
Availability
Harvard univ. pr. Oxford univ. pr. (London). LC 66-14447 $7.95
Language
English
Publication Year
1966
Publication Type
Book or Monograph
LC Control Number
LC 66-14447
Update
20050620
Accession Number
1967-4946
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