Research project
Blake Kessel (bkessel@wam.umd.edu)
Sun, 1 Oct 1995 16:45:21 -0400
Hello.
My name is Blake Kessel and I am a University of Maryland graduate
student. I am in the process of developing a dissertation topic. An
idea I have is an investigation of the role of doctors and scientists in
the formulation of Federal Indian Policy. (If any one has read R.J.
Lifton's _The Nazi Doctors_ they will have an idea of what I have in
mind). I haven't come across anything in my preliminary research on the
subject and don't know whether this is good or bad. Either I haven't
looked long enough, nothing's been done yet, or there's nothing to be
done on this topic because doctors and scientists weren't a part of the
process. I guess another possibility is that doctors and scientists
dissented from the process. Anyway, I thought I would consult the
collective wisdom on this list before I spend too much time barking up
the wrong tree. Any suggestions? Your help will be most appreciated. I
am also interested in the conceptual threat natives presented to the
American political philosophy of "liberal individualism" that inspired
westward expansion and "necessitated" Indian removal.
Thank you.
Blake
P.S. Franke W.H. -- if you are out there, drop me a line -- I'd like to
e-talk to you...