{"product_id":"historians-in-trouble-plagiarism-fraud-and-politics-in-the-ivory-tower-9781595581594","title":"Historians in Trouble: Plagiarism, Fraud, and Politics in the Ivory Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvailable for the first time in paperback after being widely reviewed and discussed upon its hardcover publication, \u003ci\u003eHistorians in Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e is investigative journalist and historian Jon Wiener's \"incisive and entertaining\" (\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e) account of several of the most notorious history scandals of the last few years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFocusing on a dozen key controversies ranging across the political spectrum and representing a wide array of charges, Wiener seeks to understand why some cases make the headlines and end careers, while others do not. He looks at the well publicized cases of Michael Bellesiles, the historian of gun culture accused of research fraud; accused plagiarists and \"celebrity historians\" Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns Goodwin; Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph J. Ellis, who lied in his classroom at Mount Holyoke about having fought in Vietnam; and the allegations of misconduct by Harvard's Stephan Thernstrom and Emory's Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who nevertheless were appointed by George W. Bush to the National Council on the Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Linda Gordon wrote in \u003ci\u003eDissent, \u003c\/i\u003e Wiener's \"very readable book . . . reveal[s] not only scholarly misdeeds but also recent increases in threats to free debate and intellectual integrity.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Wiener\u003c\/strong\u003e is a contributing editor to \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and is host and producer of \"Start Making Sense,\" \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e's weekly podcast. An emeritus professor of U.S. history at UC Irvine, he is the author of \u003cem\u003eGimme Some Truth\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCome Together\u003c\/em\u003e, and, most recently, \u003cem\u003eSet the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties\u003c\/em\u003e (with Mike Davis). He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50358909796626,"sku":"9781595581594","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30a478a1-bddc-4e4d-81f4-6703a3feee47.jpg?v=1728348295","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/historians-in-trouble-plagiarism-fraud-and-politics-in-the-ivory-tower-9781595581594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}