From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examines how, why, and with what consequences this rapid and yet contested expansion depended on the entanglement of the social sciences with the Cold War.
From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examine...
From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examines how, why, and with what consequences this rapid and yet contested expansion depended on the entanglement of the social sciences with the Cold War.
From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examine...
"Solovey's social scientists are neither naive researchers exploited by the military-industrial complex nor greedy masterminds eagerly anticipating their patrons' needs. Instead, he presents us with a series of encounters between program managers, disciplinary spokesmen, and political partisans, each of which demonstrates its participants' unexpectedly complex positions. In what feels like a prelude to contemporary partisan investigations of the social sciences, Shaky Foundations recounts numerous instances of McCarthy-era attacks on social scientists as leftist agitators."...
"Solovey's social scientists are neither naive researchers exploited by the military-industrial complex nor greedy masterminds eagerly anticipating th...
