Solovey, Mark, 1964-

Shaky foundations the politics-patronage-social science nexus in Cold War America / Mark Solovey. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: social scientists and their patrons in a remarkable era -- Social science on the endless (and end-less?) frontier: the postwar NSF debate -- Defense and offense in the military science establishment: towards a technology of human behavior -- Vision, analysis, or subversion? -- The rocky story of the behavioral sciences at the Ford Foundation -- Cultivating hard-core social research at the NSF: protective coloration and official Negroes.



9780813554662


Social sciences--Research--History--United States--20th century.
Endowment of research--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects.
World politics--1945-1989.


Electronic Books.

H62 / .S535 2013