{"product_id":"cold-war-anthropology-9780822361060","title":"Cold War Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid H. Price uses information from CIA, FBI, and military records to map the connections between academia and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the U.S. military and outline the major influence the American security state has had on the field of anthropology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Others have written on the entanglement of the social sciences with the military-intelligence complex, but none as energetically, from as many angles, or with as sensitive an eye for connections and overarching themes. ... Just as [Price] insists that HTS matters less than the underlying trends it represents, he cares less about the dramas of individual anthropologists in \u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e and more about the subtle, systemic changes throughout the field—changes that threatened to make the discipline itself a security-state collaborator, sucking in individual researchers without their full knowledge.\" -- Peter C. Baker * The Nation *\u003cbr\u003e\"In the course of twelve years Price has written three books which have helped redefine anthropology’s understanding of itself. And now, with \u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e, Price brings his massive, precedent-make (and -busting) history of anthropology and American power to a close. It’s a defining moment in the history of anthropology, and deserves wide attention. . . . We have much to learn from our discipline’s recent past, and thanks to David Price we have the opportunity to see our field as it really was, warts and all. The stories in this book, and the issues that it raises, need to be discussed by the discipline as a whole.\" -- Alex Golub * Somatosphere *\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will benefit from Price’s careful attention to the impact of funding streams on scholarly decision-making, his dedication to amassing hard-to-locate source material, and his cogent moral compass.\"   -- Margaret Flood * History of Anthropology Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e restarts a conversation that should have never stopped. Anthropologists unaware of their discipline’s history will nodoubt find its lists of CIA and military projects eye-opening. Veterans of campaigns to rid the discipline of ties to the military and intelligence agencies will appreciate its recounting of battles lost and won within the AAA. Historians of science, too, have much to learn from the book’s methodology, especially its use of FOIA applications and tracings of blown CIA fronts.\" -- Audra Wolfe * Anthropological Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e forces the reader to confront in blunt detail the ways in which ethnographic work exists in tandem with political-economic forces, especially the agendas of funding bodies and special interests. It is a book I encourage anthropologists everywhere to read, but, more importantly, to discuss its implications with colleagues and students.\" -- Joseph Anderson * LSE Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\"With regard to US anthropology, perhaps no other scholar has done more to unsettle the by now defunct representation of the anthropologist as hero than David H. Price.\" -- Sindre Bangstad * Anthropology of This Century *\u003cbr\u003e\"Price names names in abundance, carefully weighing researchers' awareness, or not, of hidden agendas; few records exist about unfunded research disfavored by state agencies. Illuminating shadows and obscured influences, Price brings realpolitik into anthropology’s history. . . . Highly recommended. Most levels\/libraries.\" -- A. B. Kehoe * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Price’s work has been marked by extensive use of governmental archives, including many sources declassified through the Freedom of Information Act. Simply bringing this information to light should be reckoned as a major achievement....Price has written, if not a fully sufficient book (who has?), then a profoundly necessary one that challenges what American anthropology has been and what it remains.\" -- Robert Oppenheim * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptionally valuable book, based on impressive scholarship. It deserves the thoughtful attention of anthropologists interested in where their discipline has been and where it may be headed.\" -- Robert A. Rubinstein * Journal of Anthropological Research *\u003cbr\u003e\"Historians of anthropology will welcome this volume, but it is relevant for every anthropologist working today. . . . We have much to learn from our discipline’s recent past, and thanks to David Price we have the opportunity to see our field as it really was, warts and all. The stories in this book, and the issues that it raises, need to be discussed by the discipline as a whole.\" -- Alex Golub * Savage Minds *\u003cbr\u003e\"Price critically analyzes the rapid growth of American anthropology during the Cold War ... [and] masterfully contextualizes these tranformative years in anthropology.\" -- Roberto J. González * Anthropos *\u003cbr\u003e\"The publication of David Price’s \u003ci\u003eCold War Anthropology\u003c\/i\u003e concludes a trilogy of volumes that, taken together, constitute one of the most important and unprecedented contributions to the intellectual and political history of American anthropology.\" -- Mark Goodale * American Anthropologist *\u003cbr\u003e\"Price has gone to extensive lengths using the FOIA to secure previously secret documents that complement his comprehensive survey of open source material and the secondary literature. No stone is left unturned, no shallow defense of complicity left unchallenged.\" -- John Krige * Diplomatic History *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a work of superb and relevant scholarship that deserves to be read and heeded by every undergraduate student let alone scholars across the anthropological discipline. It is a moral call to examine the nature and value of knowledge and of conducting independent research rather than following the pathways opened up by the imperial state.\" -- Inderjeet Parmar * Social History *\u003cbr\u003e\"David Price is convincing; his arguments are nuanced and reveal the breadth and degree of US anthropology’s involvement in CIA and Pentagon efforts.\" -- Julie McBrien * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xxv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations  xxix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Cold War Political-Economic Disciplinary Formations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Political Economy and History of American Cold War Intelligence  3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. World War II's Long Shadow  31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rebooting Professional Anthropology in the Postwar World  54\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. After the Shooting War: Centers, Committees, Seminars, and Other Cold War Projects  81\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. Anthropologists and State: Aid, Debt, and Other Cold War Weapons of the Strong  109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Intermezzo  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Anthropologists' Articulations with the National Security State\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Cold War Anthropologists at the CIA: Careers Confirmed and Suspected  143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. How CIA Funding Fronts Shaped Anthropological Research  165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 8. Unwitting CIA Anthropologist Collaborators: MK-Ultra, Human Ecology, and Buying a Piece of Anthropology  195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9. Cold War Fieldwork within the Intelligence Universe  221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 10. Cold War Anthropological Counterinsurgency Dreams  248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 11. The AAA Confronts Military and Intelligence Uses of Disciplinary Knowledge  276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12. Anthropologically Informed Counterinsurgency in Southeast Asia  301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 13. Anthropologists for Radical Political Action and Revolution within the AAA  323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14. Untangling Open Secrets, Hidden Histories, Outrage Denied, and Recurrent Dual Use Themes  349\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes  371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index  433","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406094836055,"sku":"9780822361060","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822361060.jpg?v=1730494506","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/cold-war-anthropology-9780822361060","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}