Description
Book SynopsisUntil recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America's premier crime-fighting organization. However, it is now common knowledge that the FBI and its long-time director, J. Edgar Hoover, were responsible for the creation of a massive internal security apparatus that undermined the very principles of freedom and democracy they were sworn to protect. While no one was above suspicion, Hoover appears to have held a special disdain for sociologists and placed many of the profession's most prominent figures under surveillance. In Stalking Sociologists, Mike Forrest Keen offers a detailed account of the FBI's investigations within the context of an overview of the history of American sociology.
This ground-breaking analysis history uses documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act. Keen argues that Hoover and the FBI marginalized sociologists such as W. E. B. Du Bois and C. Wright Mills, tried to suppress the developmen
Table of Contents
Introduction; 2: W.E.B. Du Bois: Sociologist beyond the Veil; 3: Ernest W. Burgess: Security Matter-C; 4: William Fielding Ogburn: Scientist, Statistician, Schizophrene; 5: Robert and Helen Lynd: From Middletown to Moronia; 6: E. Franklin Frazier: Enfant Terrible; 7: Pitirim A. Sorokin: Sociological Prophet in a Priestly Land; 8: No One above Suspicion: Talcott Parsons under Surveillance; 9: Testing a Concept: Herbert Blumer’s Loyalty; 10: Samuel Stouffer: Patriot and Practitioner; 11: Our Man in Havana: C. Wright Mills Talks, Yankee Listens; 12: The Crimefighter and the Criminologist: The Case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover; Conclusion
