Historians in Trouble : Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower

by Wiener, Jon

• ISBN13: 9781565848849
• ISBN10: 1565848845
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

Historians have been in the news recently, and the news has not been good - accusations of plagiarism, research fraud, and classroom misconduct have made headlines, brought protracted investigations, and, in some cases, landed big names in the courtroom.
In Historians in Trouble, investigative journalist and historian John Wiener examines a dozen history scandals of the last few years, and asks why some charges end up on page one and end careers, while others do not. He argues that media spectacles end careers only when powerful groups outside the profession demand punishment - and that such campaigns typically come from the right rather than the left.

Table of Contents

Introduction : historians in trouble	p. 1
Presidential nominees	p. 11
Feminism and harassment : Elizabeth Fox-Genovese goes to court	p. 13
The Alger Hiss case, the archives, and Allen Weinstein	p. 31
Facing black students at Harvard : Stephan Thernstrom takes a stand	p. 58
Targeted by the right	p. 71
Arming America and "academic fraud"	p. 73
David Abraham and the Nazis	p. 94
Mike Davis and power in Los Angeles	p. 106
Misconduct without media spectacle	p. 117
The Denmark Vesey "trial record" : a new verdict	p. 119
John Lott, gun rights, and research fraud	p. 136
Other media spectacles	p. 149
The "porn professor" : Dino Cinel sexual abuse, and the Catholic Church	p. 151
Lying to students about Vietnam : the mythic past of Joseph Ellis	p. 168
The plagiarists : Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose	p. 182
Update : the Allen Weinstein nomination	p. 215
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