Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / David H. Pr...
Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / David H. Pr...
Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / David H. Price.
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
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G 2016/855
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English
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xxxi, 452 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Part I. Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations: Political economy and history of American Cold War intelligence -- World War II's long shadow -- Rebooting professional anthropology in the postwar world -- After the shooting war: centers, committees, seminars, and other Cold War projects...
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Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.
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North Carolina
Date Published
2016.
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"A provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War. Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, [David Price] maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of anthro...
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Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / David H. Price.
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Includes bibliographical references (page [397]-431) and index.
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©2016.
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David H. Price is Professor of Anthropology at Saint Martin's University in Lacey, Washington. He is the author of "Threatening Anthropology : McCarthyism and the FBI's Surveillance of Activist Anthropologists" and "Anthropological Intelligence : The Deployment and Neglect of American Anthropology in the Second World War," both also published by Du...
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G 2016/855
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9780822361060 hardcover ; alkaline paper
082236106X hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780822361251 paperback ; alkaline paper
0822361256 paperback ; alkaline paper
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301.09730904
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991023582699702626
