| Description |
ix, 260 pages ; 20 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : 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 -- Update : the Allen Weinstein nomination |
| 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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
United States |
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Historiography |
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Fraud |
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Media coverage |
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Power (Politics) |
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Plagiarism |
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Ethics |
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Case studies |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-249) and index |
| Subject |
Historians -- United States -- Biography.
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Historians -- Press coverage -- United States -- Case studies.
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Professional ethics -- United States -- Case studies.
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Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Power (Social sciences) -- United States -- Case studies.
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Historiography -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Plagiarism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Fraud -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Historiography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140129
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Case studies.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| LC no. |
2004050431 |
| ISBN |
1565848845 |
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