Universities and Empire: Money and Politics in the Social Sciences During the Cold War (Cold War and the University)

Examines the politics of intellectual life during the Cold War, and the effects of U.S. intelligence and propaganda agencies on academic culture and intellectual life Universities, empire, and the production of knowledge : an introduction / Christopher Simpson Scientists as spies / Franz Boas Project Troy and the Cold War annexation of the social sciences / Allan A. Needell Notes on foreign economic policy / Max F. Millikan and Walt R. Rostow Play it again Sam : the practice and apology of development / Irene L. Gendzier Project Camelot and the career of Cold War psychology / Ellen Herman The Cold War and the African American expatriate community in Nkrumah's Ghana / Kevin Gaines Boundary displacement : area studies and international studies during and after the Cold War / Bruce Cumings Writing history in the present tense : Cold War-era discursive strategies of Soviet historians of science and technology / Slava Gerovitch The new corporate yen for scholarship / Lawrence Soley. Universities and Empire Contents Acknowledgments Scientists as Spies Project Troy and the Cold War Annexation oi the Social Sciences Notes on Foreign Economic Policy Play II Again Sam: The Practice and Apology of Development Project Camelot and the Career of Cold War Psychology Boundary Displacement: Writing History in the Present Tense: The New Corporate Yen for Scholarship Index An exploration of the connections between academic research and official public policy during the Cold War, this text considers the effects of US military, intelligence and propaganda agencies on academic culture and intellectual life.