A transatlantic history of the social sciences Robber Barons, the Third Reich and the invention of empirical social research

From the beginning of the twentieth century, scientific and social scientific research has been characterised by intellectual exchange between Europe and the US. The establishment of the Third Reich ensured that, from the German speaking world, at least, this became a one-way traffic. In this book C...

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Other Authors: Fleck, Christian, 1954- author (author), Beister, Hella, translator (translator)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Building of an American Empire; Chapter 2 Fellowships and What They Entailed; Chapter 3 Institutional Support in Europe; Chapter 4 In the Shadow of Nazi Rule: Two Generation Units of Social Scientists; Chapter 5 The Radio, Adorno and the Panel; Chapter 6 The History of an Appropriation; Chapter 7 Reconnaissance Expeditions, Reconstruction Support and the Rare Return; Chapter 8 Red Threads; Appendix: Comparative Income; Notes; References; Index