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Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I
Contributor(s): Chrislock, Carl H. (Author)
ISBN: 0873512634     ISBN-13: 9780873512633
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
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Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 1991
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Annotation: April 1917: The governor of Minnesota put the State Capitol in St. Paul under heavy military guard. Newspapers filled their columns with rumors of terrorist activities. Then the United States declared war on Germany. In the midst of patriotic hysteria, the state legislature passed a bill establishing the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to "do ... all acts and things necessary" to defend the state from its enemies. In compelling narrative style, this book offers the first hard look at the motives and activities of this uniquely powerful state agency, which used loyalty as a weapon to protect the existing socio-economic order against a rising tide of radicalism on the home front.
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | American Government - State
- History | United States - State & Local - General
Dewey: 977.605
LCCN: 91-11228
Physical Information: 1.12" H x 6.54" W x 9.38" (1.83 lbs) 404 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1919
- Cultural Region - Great Lakes
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Geographic Orientation - Minnesota
 
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In compelling narrative style, this book offers the first hard look at the motives and activities of this uniquely powerful state agency, which used loyalty as a weapon to protect the existing socioeconomic order against a rising tide of radicalism on the home front.

April 1917: The governor of Minnesota put the State Capitol in St. Paul under heavy military guard. Newspapers filled their columns with rumors of terrorist activities. Then the United States declared war on Germany. In the midst of patriotic hysteria, the state legislature passed a bill establishing the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety to "do . . . all acts and things necessary" to defend the state from its enemies.