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Armed with expertise : the militarization of American social research during the Cold War /
This title shows how the social sciences became enmeshed in a militarized system that has persisted, even grown, in recent years as it moved off campus, making it less visible and therefore less controversial. Rohde offers especially striking and disturbing material on the blow-back of social scienc...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | American institutions and society.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This title shows how the social sciences became enmeshed in a militarized system that has persisted, even grown, in recent years as it moved off campus, making it less visible and therefore less controversial. Rohde offers especially striking and disturbing material on the blow-back of social science collaboration with the armed forces, as individuals and institutions moved beyond addressing threats abroad into assessing domestic disorder and attempting to control it. |
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| Item Description: | "Published in association with the University of Virgina's Miller Center of Public Affairs." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801469600 9780801469602 |