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Scandals and scoundrels : seven cases that shook the academy /

Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals--including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robin, Ron Theodore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals--including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles's alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis's imaginary participation in major historical events of the 1960s, Napoleon Chagnon's creation and manipulation of a "Stone Age people," and.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 277 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.
ISBN:9780520938151
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9780520235786
0520235789
9780520242494
0520242491
1597348872
9781597348874
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9781417545315