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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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A running start at the Cold War: time, place, and outcomes
  • Melville Jacobs, Albert Canwell, The University of Washington Regents: a message sent
  • Syncopated incompetence: the AAA's reluctance to protect academic freedom
  • Hoover's informer
  • Lessons learned: Jacobs' fallout and Swadesh's troubles
  • Public show trials: Gene Weltfish and a conspiracy of silence
  • Bernhard Stern: "A sense of atrophy among those who fear"
  • Persecuting equality: the travails of Jack Harris and Mary Shepardson
  • Examining the FBI's means and methods
  • Known shades of Red: Marxist anthropologists who escaped public show trials
  • Red diaper babies, suspect agnates, cognates and afines
  • Culture, equality, poverty & paranoia: the FBI, Oscar Lewis & Margaret Mead
  • Crusading liberals advocating for racial justice: Philleo Nash & Ashley Montagu
  • The suspicions of internationalists
  • A glimpse of post McCarthyism: FBI surveillance and consequences for activism
  • The Cold War's impact on free inquiry.

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