Scandals and Scoundrels Seven Cases That Shook the Academy

Name: Scandals and Scoundrels Seven Cases That Shook the Academy
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ISBN: 9780520242494

ISBN-10: 0520242491

ISBN-13: 9780520242494

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ron Robin

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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 accusations that Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchuacute;'s testimony on the Maya holocaust was in part fiction.Scandals and Scoundrelsmakes the case that, contrary to popular imagery, we're…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 289
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction Scholarly Scandals: Why Do They Happen?



Scandals in History



Plagiarism and the Demise of Gatekeepers



Arming America" and the Right to Bear Arms



Joseph Ellis, the Protean Historian



Scandals in Anthropology



Derek Freeman and "the Fateful Hoaxing of Margaret Mead"



The Yanomami Controversy



Rigoberta Menchï¿½ and the Making of the Maya Holocaust



The Necessary Scandal



Sokal's Hoax and the "linguistic Left"



What Do the Scandals Mean?


Notes


Index