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It Is Now Common Knowledge That The Fbi And Its Long-time Director, J. Edgar Hoover, Were Responsible For The Creation Of A Massive Internal Security Apparatus That Undermined The Very Principles Of Freedom And Democracy They Were Sworn To Protect. While No One Was Above Suspicion, Hoover Appears To Have Held A Special Disdain For Sociologists And Placed Many Of American Sociology's Most Prominent Figures Under Surveillance. Using Documents Obtained Through The Freedom Of Information Act, This Volume Portrays The Fbi's Stalking Of The Sociological Imagination, Offering A Detailed Account Of Its Investigations Within The Context Of An Overview Of The History Of American Sociology.--jacket. Introduction -- W.e.b. Du Bois: Sociologist Beyond The Veil -- Ernest W. Burgess: Security Matter-c -- William Fielding Ogburn: Scientist, Statistician, Schizophrene -- Robert And Helen Lynd: From Middletown To Moronia -- E. Franklin Frazier: Enfant Terrible -- Pitirim A. Sorokin: Sociological Prophet In A Priestly Land -- No One Above Suspicion: Talcott Parsons Under Surveillance -- Testing A Concept: Herbert Blumer's Loyalty -- Samuel Stouffer: Patriot And Practitioner -- Our Man In Havana: C. W

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Author

Mike Forrest Keen

Publisher

Praeger; Bloomsbury

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9798216148531

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sociology, History, Social_sciences