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Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology

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Description for Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology Paperback. David H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology. Num Pages: 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 704.
In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers 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, he maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the American military complex. The rise of area studies programs, funded both openly and covertly by government agencies, encouraged anthropologists to produce work that had intellectual value within the field while also ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
703 g
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822361251
SKU
V9780822361251
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About David H. Price
David H. Price is Professor of Anthropology at Saint Martin's University. 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 Duke University Press, and Weaponizing Anthropology: Social Science in Service of the Militarized State.

Reviews for Cold War Anthropology: The CIA, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology
David Price is convincing; his arguments are nuanced and reveal the breadth and degree of US anthropology's involvement in CIA and Pentagon efforts.
Julie McBrien
American Ethnologist
This is a work of superb and relevant scholarship that deserves to be read and heeded by every undergraduate student let alone scholars across the anthropological discipline. It ... Read more

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