Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production, Liberal Democracy, and Human Nature

Solovey, M.; Cravens, H.

From World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examines how, why, and with what consequences this rapid and yet contested expansion depended on the entanglement of the social sciences with the Cold War.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-17

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230340503

DOI: 10.1057/9781137013224

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 270