Mandel, William M.
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American writer, lecturer and social scientist.
From the description of William M. Mandel papers, 1953-1994. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379805
American writer, Russian scholar, translator, and university professor.
From the description of Soviet women and their self-image : typescript, 1970 May. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364370
William M. Mandel was born in New York City on June 4, 1917. He briefly attended Moscow University and the City College of New York. His first book, "The Soviet Far East and Central Asia," was published in 1944. He is a journalist, teacher, lecturer, and author. He was a frequent witness before Cold War-era government committees which were hostile to his sympathetic view of the Soviet Union, and he was blacklisted as a result. Beginning in 1958 he broadcast programs on KPFA and other Pacifica stations. He taught at U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, and Golden Gate University Law School. His autobiography, "Saying No to Power: Autobiography of a 20th Century Activist and Thinker," was published in 1999.
From the description of William M. Mandel papers, circa 1940s-2000s. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 671509602
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Subjects:
- Civil rights
- Cold War
- Communism and mass media
- Communist trials
- Freedom of speech
- Martinsville Seven Trial, Martinsville, Va., 1949
- McCarthyism
- Political activists
- Radio broadcasting
- Radio talk shows
- Sovietologists
- Subversive activities
- Television broadcasting
- Television talk shows
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Women
- Women
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- Soviet Union (as recorded)
- Soviet Union (as recorded)
- California--Berkeley (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Soviet Union (as recorded)
- Soviet Union (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Former Soviet republics (as recorded)
