Cold War on the Campus: Academic Freedom at the University of Washington, 1946-64 [B0424]

1978 HC without dust jacket. From Wikipedia: "The Interim Committee on Un-American Activities, commonly known as the Canwell Committee (1947–1949) was a special investigative committee of the Washington State Legislature which in 1948 investigated the influence of the Communist Party USA in the state of Washington. Named after its chairman, Albert F. Canwell, the committee concentrated on communist influence in the Washington Commonwealth Federation and its relationship to the state Democratic Party, and the alleged Communist Party membership of faculty members at the University of Washington in Seattle.

From the book's Preface: "Each American institute of higher education responded to the impact of the Cold War in different ways. This study examines the reactions of University of Washington administrators, faculty members, and students to external and internal pressures on the integrity of the educational process. Through consideration of the central factors that impinged on university decision-making, it is possible to glimpse what members of the university community worked for as well as what they worked against, and to gain a better understanding of the paths they chose. Two themes pervade this study: the debate concerning academic freedom in relation to the perceived threat of Communist subversion, and the effect of that debate on efforts by the University of Washington faculty to achieve greater professional autonomy and national recognition for the university in a state traditionally critical of that university."