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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's alleged fabrication of an early America without weapons, Joseph Ellis's imaginary part...more
Paperback, 289 pages
Published
October 11th 2004
by University of California Press
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Mildly interesting accounts of academic scandals including Alan Sokal's Social Text hoax article, Napoleon Chagnon's questionable research among the Yanomami, and Margaret Mead's alleged falsehoods about the people of Samoa.
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