{"product_id":"significant-others-interpersonal-and-professional-commitments-in-anthropology-hardcover","title":"Significant Others: Interpersonal and Professional Commitments in Anthropology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Handler\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the First World War it was the task of the U.S. Department of Justice, using the newly passed Espionage Act and its later Sedition Act amendment, to prosecute and convict those who opposed America s entry into the conflict. In \u003ci\u003eUnsafe for Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, historian William H. Thomas Jr. shows that the Justice Department did not stop at this official charge but went much further paying cautionary visits to suspected dissenters, pressuring them to express support of the war effort, or intimidating them into silence. At times going undercover, investigators tried to elicit the unguarded comments of individuals believed to be a threat to the prevailing social order.In this massive yet largely secret campaign, agents cast their net wide, targeting isolationists, pacifists, immigrants, socialists, labor organizers, African Americans, and clergymen. The unemployed, the mentally ill, college students, schoolteachers, even schoolchildren, all might come under scrutiny, often in the context of the most trivial and benign activities of daily life. Delving into numerous reports by Justice Department detectives, Thomas documents how, in case after case, they used threats and warnings to frighten war critics and silence dissent. This early government crusade for wartime ideological conformity, Thomas argues, marks one of the more dubious achievements of the Progressive Era and a development that resonates in the present day. \u003cbr\u003eBest Books for Special Interests, selected by the American Association of School Librarians\u003cbr\u003e Recommended for all libraries. Frederic Krome, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Handler is professor of Anthropology at the University of Virginia. He is author of \u003ci\u003eNationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec\u003c\/i\u003e, and editor of \u003ci\u003eExcluded Ancestors, Inventible Traditions\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by the University of Wisconsin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 297\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 9.3 x 6.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310024220774,"sku":"9780299194703","price":36.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ak5YS2tvVHJrWVZWSklBcW1EZGdQdz09.webp?v=1774223429","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/significant-others-interpersonal-and-professional-commitments-in-anthropology-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}