Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War : The Influence of Foundations, Mccarthyism and the CIA.
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TextSeries: Anthropology, Culture and Society SeriesPublisher: London : Pluto Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781849643351
- McCarthy, Joseph, -- 1908-1957 -- Relations with anthropologists
- Anthropology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Anthropologists -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Anthropologists -- Political activity -- United States
- Anthropology -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Science and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- 301.0973/0904
- GN17.3.U6 -- A58 2008eb
Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF THE COLD WAR -- 1 ASHLEY'S GHOST: McCARTHYISM, SCIENCE, AND HUMAN NATURE -- 2 MATERIALISM'S FREE PASS: KARL WITTFOGEL, McCARTHYISM, AND THE " BUREAUCRATIZATION OF GUILT" -- 3 AMERICAN COLONIALISM AT THE DAWN OF THE COLD WAR -- 4 IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE: THE COLD WAR AND THE DIRECTION OF SCIENTIFIC PURSUITS -- 5 PEASANTS ON OUR MINDS: ANTHROPOLOGY, THE COLD WAR, AND THE MYTH OF PEASANT CONSERVATISM -- 6 ORGANIZING ANTHROPOLOGY: SOL TAX AND THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF ANTHROPOLOGY -- 7 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE MUNDIAL UPHEAVAL SOCIETY: A STUDY IN ACADEMIC NETWORKING -- 8 AFTERWORD: RECONCEPTUALIZING ANTHROPOLOGY'S HISTORIOGRAPHY -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
Examines the influence of McCarthyism and the CIA on anthropology in the cold war era.
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