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Book/Printed Material Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology

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Title

  • Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology

Names

  • Price, David H., 1960- author

Created / Published

  • Durham : Duke University Press, 2016.

Contents

  • Cold War political-economic disciplinary formations -- Political economy and history of American Cold War intelligence -- World War II long shadow -- Rebooting professional anthropology in the postwar world -- After the shooting war: centers, committees, seminars, and other Cold War projects -- Anthropologists and state: aid, debt, and other Cold War weapons of the strong intermezzo -- Anthropologists' articulations with the National Security State -- Cold War anthropologists at the CIA: careers confirmed and suspected -- How CIA funding fronts shaped anthropological research -- Unwitting CIA anthropologist collaborators: MK-Ultra, human ecology, and buying a piece of anthropology -- Cold War fieldwork within the intelligence universe -- Cold War anthropological counterinsurgency dreams -- The AAA confronts military and intelligence uses of disciplinary knowledge -- Anthropologically informed counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia -- Anthropologists for radical political action and revolution within the AAA -- Untangling open secrets, hidden histories, outrage denied, and recurrent dual use themes.

Headings

  • -  United States.--Central Intelligence Agency
  • -  Anthropologists--Political activity--United States--History--20th century
  • -  Anthropology--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century
  • -  Cold War
  • -  Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century
  • -  Science and state--United States--History--20th century
  • -  United States--History--1945

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (page [397]-431) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xxxi, 452 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GN17.3.U5

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019667918

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Chicago citation style:

Price, David H., Author. Cold War anthropology: the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667918/.

APA citation style:

Price, D. H. (2016) Cold War anthropology: the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology. Durham: Duke University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667918/.

MLA citation style:

Price, David H., Author. Cold War anthropology: the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019667918/>.