Children Crusading against Communism: Mobilizing Boys as Citizen Soldiers in the Early Cold War State

In 1951, the Bowman Gum company released a collectible card set, sold with bubblegum, entitled The Children's Crusade Against Communism: Fight the Red Menace. As a consumer item, the cards drew boys into a burgeoning form of American citizenship, but their overtly military tone also links this...

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Veröffentlicht in:Northeast African Studies. - The Northeast African Studies Committee The African Studies Center Michigan State University, 1979. - 21(2018), 2, Seite 235-278
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Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Northeast African Studies
Schlagworte:Political science Arts Social sciences
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