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Historians in trouble, plagiarism, fraud, and politics in the ivory tower, Jon Wiener

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Historians in trouble, plagiarism, fraud, and politics in the ivory tower, Jon Wiener
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Historians in trouble
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
55488166
Responsibility statement
Jon Wiener
Sub title
plagiarism, fraud, and politics in the ivory tower
Table Of Contents
Historians in trouble -- I: Presidential nominees -- 1. Feminism and harassment: Elizabeth Fox-Genovese goes to court -- 2. The Alger Hiss case, the archives, and Allen Weinstein -- 3. Facing black students at Harvard: Stephan Thernstrom takes a stand -- II: Targeted by the right -- 4. Arming America and "academic fraud" -- 5. David Abraham and the Nazis -- 6. Mike Davis and power in Los Angeles -- III: Misconduct without media spectacle -- 7. The Denmark Vesey "trial record": a new verdict -- 8. John Lott, Gun rights, and research fraud -- IV: Other media spectacles -- 9. The "porn professor": Dino Cinel, sexual abuse, and the catholic church -- 10. Lying to students about Vietnam: the mythic past of Joseph Ellis -- 11. The plagiarists: Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose
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