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

In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound influence that the...
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Cold War Anthropology: The Cia, the Pentagon, and the Growth of Dual Use Anthropology by Price, David H.

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

BD$76.21

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

BD$76.21
Author: David H. Price
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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 shaping global counterinsurgency and development programs that furthered America's Cold War objectives. Ultimately, the moral issues raised by these activities prompted the American Anthropological Association to establish its first ethics code. Price concludes by comparing Cold War-era anthropology to the anthropological expertise deployed by the military in the post-9/11 era.

Author: David H. Price
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 03/28/2016
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780822361251


Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2016

About the Author
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.

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