{"product_id":"shaky-foundations-the-politics-patronage-social-science-nexus-in-cold-war-america-9780813571287","title":"Shaky Foundations: The Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus in Cold War America","description":"\"Solovey's social scientists are neither naïve researchers exploited by the military-industrial complex nor greedy masterminds eagerly anticipating their patrons' needs. Instead, he presents us with a series of encounters between program managers, disciplinary spokesmen, and political partisans, each of which demonstrates its participants' unexpectedly complex positions. In what feels like a prelude to contemporary partisan investigations of the social sciences, \u003ci\u003eShaky Foundations \u003c\/i\u003erecounts numerous instances of McCarthy-era attacks on social scientists as leftist agitators.\" --\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eShaky Foundations\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important new argument about how the American social sciences interacted with wider social and political forces during the Cold War era. Solovey has done very important work in establishing the bitterly contested character of postwar epistemological and institutional shifts.\" --\u003ci\u003eIsis\u003c\/i\u003e \"This is an important book. The brilliance of this book lies in pinpointing the origins of the terms that are still used in contemporary debates on the role of social science in the United States. This book is a critical tool in approaching the most essential question --what's next for American social science?\" --\u003ci\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \"Solovey leaves readers with a sharpened understanding of the travails of social science research during the first two decades of the Cold War.\" --\u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e \"Solovey makes a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the development of social sciences in the U.S. during the 20th century. A major achievement is the author's presentation of this often complicated and complex story in a clearly written and well-documented manner. Highly recommended.\" --\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eShaky Foundations \u003c\/i\u003eimpressively pulls back the curtain on American social scientists and their complex relationships with funding agencies, offering crucial insights into the past--and the future--of social science.\" --David C. Engerman, author of \u003ci\u003eKnow Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts\u003c\/i\u003e \"In this clearly written and thoroughly researched book, Mark Solovey takes a new approach to writing the history of the social sciences in America by 'following the money' and examining how patrons and their agendas shaped the development of the field.\" --Nadine Weidman, author of \u003ci\u003eConstructing Scientific Psychology: Karl Lashley's Mind-Brain Debates\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5898386\"\u003eMark Solovey\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 266\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813571287\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813571286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI034000\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC024000\"\u003eResearch\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARK SOLOVEY is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto's Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology. 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