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 |
| Doctoral students | Temario Rivera (1994) |
| 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.[1] 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.