Seeing Reds: The Red Scare of 1918-1919: Canada¿s First War on Terror

by Daniel Francis

Overview

At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the Russian Revolution, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds documents a turbulent period in Canadian history, when in 1918-19 a fearful government tried to suppress radical political activity by branding legitimate labor leaders as “Bolsheviks.”

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551523842
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	05/10/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Daniel Francis is an historian and the author of 20 books, principally on Canadian history, including four from Arsenal Pulp Press: National Dreams, The Imaginary Indian, L.D., and Imagining Ourselves. He was editorial director of the mammoth Encyclopedia of British Columbia and is a frequent contributor to Geist magazine.

Table of Contents

Prologue: The View from the Third Floor
Chapter One: Roots of Unrest
Chapter Two: A Quite Widespread and Dangerous Propaganda
Chapter Three: Fighting Back
Chapter Four: A Seething Time
Chapter Five: The Image of the Bolshevik
Chapter Six: Revolution in Disguise
Chapter Seven: The Most Infamous Conspiracy
Chapter Eight: Nothing to Fear But Fear-Mongering Itself
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The Winnipeg General Strike took place more than 90 years ago, but it resonates still – as in historian Daniel Francis’s new book ... A well-told tale."
—The Globe and Mail

"Francis presents a vivid picture of sharp class and political struggles across Canada during the early 20th century … The details make for compelling reading."
—People's Voice

"Canada's greatest myth-buster has done it again, with this trenchant account of how, following World War I, immigrants to Canada suddenly found themselves branded 'enemy aliens' and the focus of a nasty wave of anti-socialist paranoia. Put it on your shelf next to Francis's classics National Dreams and The Imaginary Indian."
—The Tyee

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