Threatening Anthropology : McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists /

Publisher's description: A vital reminder of the importance of academic freedom, Threatening anthropology offers a meticulously detailed account of how U.S. Cold War surveillance damaged the field of anthropology. David H. Price reveals how dozens of activist anthropologists were publicly and p...

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Autor principal: Price, David H., 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
McCarthy, Joseph.
McCarthy, Joseph > 1909-1957
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957.
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1885-1943 > Et les anthropologues.
McCarthy, Joseph, > 1908-1957 > Relations with anthropologists.
USA > Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire > Sources.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History > Sources.
McCarthyismen.
Marxistisk antropologi > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Antropologer > politisk verksamhet > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Antropologi > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet.
Antropologen.
Überwachung
Kommunist
Anthropologe
Relations with anthropologists.
Marxist anthropology.
Blacklisting of anthropologists.
Anthropology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Anthropologues > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Listes noires d'anthropologues > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Anthropologie marxiste > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Anthropologues > États-Unis > Activite politique.
Anthropologie > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle > Sources.
Anthropologists > United States > Political activity.
Blacklisting of anthropologists > United States > History > 20th century.
Marxist anthropology > United States > History > 20th century.
Anthropologists > Political activity > United States.
Anthropology > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
United States.
Sources.
History.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:Publisher's description: A vital reminder of the importance of academic freedom, Threatening anthropology offers a meticulously detailed account of how U.S. Cold War surveillance damaged the field of anthropology. David H. Price reveals how dozens of activist anthropologists were publicly and privately persecuted during the Red Scares of the 1940s and 1950s. He shows that it was not Communist Party membership or Marxist beliefs that attracted the most intense scrutiny from the FBI and congressional committees but rather social activism, particularly for racial justice. Demonstrating that the FBI's focus on anthropologists lessened as activist work and Marxist analysis in the field tapered off, Price argues that the impact of McCarthyism on anthropology extended far beyond the lives of those who lost their jobs. Its messages of fear and censorship had a pervasive chilling effect on anthropological investigation. As critiques that might attract government attention were abandoned, scholarship was curtailed.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (446 pages).
ISBN:9780822385684

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