Communists and perverts under the palms [electronic resource] : the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 / Stacy Braukman.
2012
F316.2 .B68 2012eb
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Communists and perverts under the palms [electronic resource] : the Johns Committee in Florida, 1956-1965 / Stacy Braukman.
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9780813042244 (electronic book)
0813039827
9780813039824
0813039827
9780813039824
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Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.
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English
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1 online resource (xiii, 250 p.) : ill.
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F316.2 .B68 2012eb
Summary
This book is about a state legislative committee that originated as a tool of massive resistance in Florida, but, through its investigations of gay and lesbian teachers, indecent literature, and liberal professors, became a conservative cultural watchdog and a forerunner in the modern culture wars.
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This book is about a state legislative committee that originated as a tool of massive resistance in Florida, but, through its investigations of gay and lesbian teachers, indecent literature, and liberal professors, became a conservative cultural watchdog and a forerunner in the modern culture wars.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction : where the Sunbelt meets the Old South
The NAACP and the origins of the Johns Committee, 1956
Racial and sexual perversion, 1957-1958
Surveillance and exposure, 1959-1960
Subversion and indecency, 1961-1962
Sex and civil rights, 1963-1965
Epilogue : Anita Bryant and Florida's culture wars.
The NAACP and the origins of the Johns Committee, 1956
Racial and sexual perversion, 1957-1958
Surveillance and exposure, 1959-1960
Subversion and indecency, 1961-1962
Sex and civil rights, 1963-1965
Epilogue : Anita Bryant and Florida's culture wars.