General Information

Author/Creator

Price, David H., 1960- author.

Language

English.

Published

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2016.

Physical Description

452 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects

Subject

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

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-

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

David H. Price.

Content

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.

ISBN

9780822361060

9780822361251

9780822374381

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	301.097309/04 PRI		Reference	-

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