{"product_id":"cold-war-social-science-knowledge-production-liberal-democracy-and-human-nature-hardcover","title":"Cold War Social Science: Knowledge Production, Liberal Democracy, and Human Nature - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. Solovey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eH. Cravens\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom World War II to the early 1970s, social science research expanded in dramatic and unprecedented fashion in the United States. This volume examines how, why, and with what consequences this rapid and yet contested expansion depended on the entanglement of the social sciences with the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARK SOLOVEY is an assistant professor in the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto, and for 2011-2012 a Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University. His research focuses on the political, institutional, and intellectual history of the social sciences in the United States since WWII. He has several articles in scholarly journals, including \u003cem\u003eAnnals of Science, History of Political Economy, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Radical History Review, and Social Studies of Science\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of the tentatively titled \u003cem\u003eShaky Foundations: The Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus in Cold War America\u003c\/em\u003e(forthcoming). \u003cbr\u003eHAMILTON CRAVENS is a professor emeritus of history at Iowa State University, writes about science in American culture and the tensions between expertise and democracy. He has authored or edited a dozen books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Triumph of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e(1978, 1988), \u003cem\u003eBefore Head Start\u003c\/em\u003e(1993, 2003), \u003cem\u003eThe Social Sciences Go To Washington\u003c\/em\u003e(2005), \u003cem\u003eRace and Science: Scientific Challenges to Racism in America\u003c\/em\u003e(2010), as well as about sixty articles and chapters in books. He is wrapping up a new book, \u003cem\u003eImagining The Good Society: The Social Sciences in the American Past and Present\u003c\/em\u003e(forthcoming, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752330854688,"sku":"9780230340503","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8641efe3f1fe4403121ed646de9ceccf.webp?v=1779993061","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cold-war-social-science-knowledge-production-liberal-democracy-and-human-nature-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}