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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136422203321

Autore

Price David H. <1960->

Titolo

Cold War anthropology : the CIA, the Pentagon, and the growth of dual use anthropology / / David H. Price

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , 2016

ISBN

9780822374381

0822374382

9780822361060

082236106X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxxi, 452 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

301.09730904

Soggetti

Anthropology - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Anthropologists - Political activity - United States - History - 20th century

Military intelligence - United States - History - 20th century

Science and state - United States - History - 20th century

Cold War

United States History 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.