'This war for men's minds': The birth of a human science in cold war America

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 131-155

  Martin Nielsen, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold War; human sciences; language; linguistics; United States of America

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LEGAL ASPECT; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; RELIGION; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LITERATURE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650234948     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695110378952     Document Type: Article

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