Alfred W. McCoy
Alfred W. McCoy | |
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| Born | Alfred William McCoy June 8, 1945 Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Educator |
| Parent | Margarita Piel |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Yale University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Yloilo: Factional Conflict in a Colonial Economy, Iloilo Province, Philippines, 1937-1955 (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold C. Conklin |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Institutions | Yale University University of New South Wales University of Wisconsin–Madison |
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| Main interests | History of the Philippines Foreign policy of the United States European colonisation of Southeast Asia Illegal drug trade Central Intelligence Agency covert operations |
| Notable works | The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia (1972) |
Alfred William McCoy (born June 8, 1945) is an American historian and educator. He is the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He specializes in the history of the Philippines, foreign policy of the United States, European colonisation of Southeast Asia, illegal drug trade, and Central Intelligence Agency covert operations.