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- catalog abstract "During World War I, fear that a network of German spies was operating on American soil justified the rapid growth of federal intelligence agencies. When that threat proved illusory, these agencies, heavily staffed by corporate managers and anti-union private detectives, targeted antiwar and radical labor groups, particularly the Socialist party and the Industrial Workers of the World. Seeing Reds, based largely on case files from the Bureau of Investigation, Military Intelligence Division, and Office of Naval Intelligence, describes this formative period of federal domestic spying in the Pittsburgh region. McCormick traces the activities of L.M. Wendell, a Bureau of Investigation "special employee" who infiltrated the IWW's Pittsburgh recruiting branch and the inner circle of anarchist agitator and lawyer Jacob Margolis. Wendell and other Pittsburgh-based agents spied on radical organizations from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Camp Lee, Virginia, investigated bomb attacks on public officials, intervened in the steel and coal strikes of 1919, and carried out the Palmer raids aimed at mass deportation of members of the Union of Russian Workers and the new Communist Party. McCormick's detailed history uses extensive research to add to our understanding of the security state, cold war ideology, labor and immigration history, and the rise of the authoritarian American Left, as well as the career paths of figures as diverse as J. Edgar Hoover and William Z. Foster.".
- catalog contributor b10436435.
- catalog coverage "Pittsburgh (Pa.) Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1913-1921.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "During World War I, fear that a network of German spies was operating on American soil justified the rapid growth of federal intelligence agencies. When that threat proved illusory, these agencies, heavily staffed by corporate managers and anti-union private detectives, targeted antiwar and radical labor groups, particularly the Socialist party and the Industrial Workers of the World.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-238) and index.".
- catalog description "Seeing Reds, based largely on case files from the Bureau of Investigation, Military Intelligence Division, and Office of Naval Intelligence, describes this formative period of federal domestic spying in the Pittsburgh region. McCormick traces the activities of L.M. Wendell, a Bureau of Investigation "special employee" who infiltrated the IWW's Pittsburgh recruiting branch and the inner circle of anarchist agitator and lawyer Jacob Margolis.".
- catalog description "The G-men : virtue made visible (and invisible) -- The World War I-era Pittsburgh Left -- Taming the Steel City wobblies, 1917-1918 -- Excursions, alarms, and slackers abroad : extending the range of surveillance, 1918 -- Bombs, a new mission, and the usual suspects, 1919 -- The great strikes of 1919 : steel and coal -- The Palmer Raids I : the union of Russian workers, 1919 -- The Palmer Raids II : the Communists and the end of the Red Scare, 1920-1921 -- "Deporting" Margolis, 1919-1921.".
- catalog description "Wendell and other Pittsburgh-based agents spied on radical organizations from Erie, Pennsylvania, to Camp Lee, Virginia, investigated bomb attacks on public officials, intervened in the steel and coal strikes of 1919, and carried out the Palmer raids aimed at mass deportation of members of the Union of Russian Workers and the new Communist Party. McCormick's detailed history uses extensive research to add to our understanding of the security state, cold war ideology, labor and immigration history, and the rise of the authoritarian American Left, as well as the career paths of figures as diverse as J. Edgar Hoover and William Z. Foster.".
- catalog extent "x, 244 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Seeing Reds.".
- catalog identifier "0822939983 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Seeing Reds.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press,".
- catalog relation "Seeing Reds.".
- catalog spatial "Pennsylvania Pittsburgh".
- catalog spatial "Pittsburgh (Pa.) Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1913-1921.".
- catalog subject "974.8/86 21".
- catalog subject "Anti-communist movements Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Communism Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "F159.P657 M38 1997".
- catalog subject "Internal security Pennsylvania Pittsburgh History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The G-men : virtue made visible (and invisible) -- The World War I-era Pittsburgh Left -- Taming the Steel City wobblies, 1917-1918 -- Excursions, alarms, and slackers abroad : extending the range of surveillance, 1918 -- Bombs, a new mission, and the usual suspects, 1919 -- The great strikes of 1919 : steel and coal -- The Palmer Raids I : the union of Russian workers, 1919 -- The Palmer Raids II : the Communists and the end of the Red Scare, 1920-1921 -- "Deporting" Margolis, 1919-1921.".
- catalog title "Seeing reds : federal surveillance of radicals in the Pittsburgh mill district, 1917-1921 / Charles H. McCormick.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".