Social Science For What?, Solovey, Mark

In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agencys 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although it included a vague reference to other sciences. Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them.