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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Mark SoloveyPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Edition: First Paperback Edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.399kg ISBN: 9780813571287ISBN 10: 0813571286 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 01 May 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Social Science on the Endless (and End-less?) Frontier 2. Defense and Offense in the Military Science Establishment 3. Vision, Analysis, or Subversion? 4. Cultivating Hard-Core Social Research at the NSF Conclusion Notes IndexReviewsShaky Foundations impressively pulls back the curtain on American social scientists and their complex relationships with funding agencies, offering crucial insights into the past and the future of social science. --David C. Engerman author of Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts In this clearly written and thoroughly researched book, Mark Solovey takes a new approach to writing the history of the social sciences in America by 'following the money' and examining how patrons and their agendas shaped the development of the field. --Nadine Weidman author of Constructing Scientific Psychology: Karl Lashley's Mind-Brain Debates In this clearly written and thoroughly researched book, Mark Solovey takes a new approach to writing the history of the social sciences in America by 'following the money' and examining how patrons and their agendas shaped the development of the field. --Nadine Weidman author of Constructing Scientific Psychology: Karl Lashley's Mind-Brain Debates (02/29/2012) Author InformationMARK SOLOVEY is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. He is the coeditor of Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production, Liberal Democracy, and Human Nature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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