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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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Robin, Ron Theodore
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (289 pages).
ISBN:9780520938151