Research Catalog

Title

Not seeing red : American librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1917-1960 / Stephen Karetzky.

Author

Karetzky, Stephen, 1946-

Publication

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2002.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xi, 504 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Library science > Soviet Union > History
• Libraries and communism > Soviet Union > History
• Librarians > United States > Attitudes
• International librarianship
• International librarianship
• Librarians > Attitudes
• Libraries and communism
• Library science
• Public opinion
• Public opinion, American
• Bibliotheekwezen
• Beïnvloeding
• Opinion publique > États-Unis
• Bibliothécaires > Attitudes > États-Unis
• Bibliothéconomie internationale
• Union Soviétique > Opinion publique étrangère américaine
• Bibliothéconomie > URSS > Histoire
• Bibliothèques > Histoire. > URSS
• Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, American
• Soviet Union
• United States

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-467) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Coming of Communist Librarianship -- 2. Accurate Critiques of the Soviet Union, 1917-1939 -- 3. Early Western Assistance to Soviet Librarianship -- 4. Authors, Intellectuals, and Educators Applaud the USSR -- 5. American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1940-1949 -- 6. American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1950-1959 -- 7. The Profession Opposes Anti-Communism -- 8. Mainstream Intellectuals and Academics Oppose Anti-Communism -- 9. An Overview of American Librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1960-1985 -- 10. The Betrayal of the Professionals: Why? -- 11. The Complicity of Library Historians.

ISBN

• 0761821627
• 9780761821625
• 0761821635
• 9780761821632

LCCN

2001054031

OCLC

48249193

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library