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Historians in trouble : plagiarism, fraud, and politics in the ivory tower
| Title | Historians in trouble : plagiarism, fraud, and politics in the ivory tower |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2005 |
| Authors | Wiener, Jon |
| Pagination | ix, 260 p. |
| Publisher | New Press ; Distributed by W.W. Norton |
| Place Published | New York |
| Publication Language | eng |
| ISBN Number | 1565848845 |
| Accession Number | 5155559 |
| Keywords | (Social , 20th , aspects , Biography.; , Case , century.; , coverage , ethics , Historians , history , Mass , media , POLITICAL , power , PRESS , professional , sciences) , States , studi , studies.; , United |
| Abstract | In Historians in Trouble, investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener examines the various history scandals of the last few years. |
| Notes | 2004050431(OCoLC)ocm55488166R2-474172Jon Wiener.20 cm.Includes bibliographical references and index.Historians in trouble -- I: Presidential nominees -- 1. Feminism and harassment: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese goes to court -- 2. The Alger Hiss case, the archives, and Allen Weinstein -- 3. Facing black students at Harvard: Stephan Thernstrom takes a stand -- II: Targeted by the right -- 4. Arming America and "academic fraud" -- 5. David Abraham and the Nazis -- 6. Mike Davis and power in Los Angeles -- III: Misconduct without media spectacle -- 7. The Denmark Vesey "trial record": a new verdict -- 8. John Lott, Gun rights, and research fraud -- IV: Other media spectacles -- 9. The "porn professor": Dino Cinel, sexual abuse, and the catholic church -- 10. Lying to students about Vietnam: the mythic past of Joseph Ellis -- 11. The plagiarists: Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose. |
