Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower
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Why do some allegations of scholarly misconduct and error become large media spectacles and result in sanction against the offending writer, while others receive far less attention and punishment? The one-word answer, for Wiener (history, U. of California at Irvine), is power. He examines stories in which leftist writers (or those perceived to be supporting leftist arguments) such as Mike Davis and Michael Bellesiles are dragged over the coals for relatively minor inaccuracies in their respective works Ecology of Fear and Arming America, while far more egregious errors and even outright scholarly fraud in support of power and the conventional wisdom are treated by kid gloves by media representatives and academic institutions. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Harper's Magazine Goes into court documents and behind the newspaper and network scenes to tell us about coverups, screwups, and secret settlements.
Introduction : historians in trouble1IPresidential nominees111Feminism and harassment : Elizabeth Fox-Genovese goes to court132The Alger Hiss case, the archives, and Allen Weinstein313Facing black students at Harvard : Stephan Thernstrom takes a stand58IITargeted by the right714Arming America and "academic fraud"735David Abraham and the Nazis946Mike Davis and power in Los Angeles106IIIMisconduct without media spectacle1177The Denmark Vesey "trial record" : a new verdict1198John Lott, gun rights, and research fraud136IVOther media spectacles1499The "porn professor" : Dino Cinel sexual abuse, and the Catholic Church15110Lying to students about Vietnam : the mythic past of Joseph Ellis16811The plagiarists : Doris Kearns Goodwin and Stephen Ambrose182Update : the Allen Weinstein nomination215
