Stalking Sociologists: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American SociologyUntil recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation enjoyed an exalted reputation as America's premier crime-fighting organization. However, 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 the profession's most prominent figures under surveillance. In Stalking Sociologists, Mike Forrest Keen offers a detailed account of the FBI's investigations within the context of an overview of the history of American sociology. |
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... intelligence and nationwide surveillance . When I originally wrote this book , fears of nationwide surveillance , domestic intelligence and FBI abuse appeared to be more the historic grist and analytic concern for a burgeoning body of ...
... Intelligence Division , and the driv- ing force behind its wide - ranging hunt for subversives.6 Prophetically warning that , " A secret police may become a menace to free govern- ment . . . because it carries with it the possibility of ...
... intelligence about his domestic critics.13 Taking this as a broad licence to encompass any person or organization deemed to be " subversive , " targets even in- cluded the president's own wife , Eleanor Roosevelt , as well as promi ...
... intelligence establishment had under- gone much reform , resulting in a dramatic reduction in domestic in- telligence activities.25 However , in the end , there was little serious legislative action and reform resulting from the ...
... intelligence efforts.34 Much of the Bureau's history and abuse have been seen through the lens of its Director . However , recent scholarship has begun to suggest that while Hoover may well represent a personal incarnation of the FBI ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
WEB Du Bois Sociologist beyond the Veil | 11 |
Ernest W Burgess Security MatterC | 33 |
William Fielding Ogburn Scientist Statistician Schizophrene | 55 |
Robert and Helen Lynd From Middletown to Moronia | 69 |
E Franklin Frazier Enfant Terrible | 85 |
Pitirim A Sorokin Sociological Prophet in a Priestly Land | 105 |
No One above Suspicion Talcott Parsons under Surveillance | 123 |
Samuel Stouffer Patriot and Practitioner | 155 |
Our Man in Havana C Wright Mills Talks Yankee Listens | 171 |
The Crimefighter and the CriminologistThe Case of Edwin H Sutherland and J Edgar Hoover | 187 |
Conclusion | 203 |
Bibliography | 211 |
Bibliography 2004 | 225 |
Index | 229 |
Testing a Concept Herbert Blumers Loyalty | 143 |
Other editions - View all
Stalking Sociologists: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology Renee C. Fox,Mike Forrest Keen No preview available - 2017 |
Stalking Sociologists: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology Mike Forrest Keen No preview available - 2004 |