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Stalking the sociological imagination : J. Edgar Hoover's FBI surveillance of American sociology
- Title
- Stalking the sociological imagination : J. Edgar Hoover's FBI surveillance of American sociology / Mike Forrest Keen.
- Author
- Keen, Mike Forrest
- Publication
- Westport, Connecticut : Greenwood Press, 1999.
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Details
- Description
- x, 235 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Contributions in sociology, 0084-9278 ; no. 126
- Uniform Title
- Contributions in sociology ; no. 126.
- Subject
- Hoover, J. Edgar 1895-1972
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- États-Unis. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- USA Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte 1924-1972
- Sociology > United States > History > 20th century
- Sociology
- Soziologe
- Überwachung
- Sociology > United States
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.
- Contents
- 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. Wright Mills talks, Yankee listens -- The crimefighter and the criminologist: The case of Edwin H. Sutherland and J. Edgar Hoover -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0313298130
- 9780313298134
- LCCN
- 98047819
- OCLC
- ocm40159036
- 40159036
- SCSB-8784173
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library