Scandals and scoundrels :: seven cases that shook the academy /

Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals--including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles...

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Main Author: Robin, Ron Theodore
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Ron Robin takes an intriguing look at the shifting nature of academic and public discourse in this incisive consideration of recent academic scandals--including charges of plagiarism against Stephen Ambrose, Derek Freeman's attempt to debunk Margaret Mead's research, Michael Bellesiles's alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis's imaginary participation in major historical events of the 1960s, Napoleon Chagnon's creation and manipulation of a "Stone Age people," and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 277 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-265) and index.
ISBN:9780520938151
0520938151
9780520235786
0520235789
9780520242494
0520242491
1597348872
9781597348874
1417545313
9781417545315

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