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The launching of modern American science, 1846-1876 / by Robert V. Bruce.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Impact of the Civil WarPublication details: New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1987.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 446 p., [4] p. of plates : ports. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0394553942
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Q127.U6 B78 1987
Contents:
Science in a New World, 1846-1861 -- Science, Technology, and a Rising People, 1846-1861 -- The Governance of Science, 1846-1861 -- War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876. Part One. Science in a New World, 1846-1861. 1. Prologue: 1. The Lay of the Land ; 2. The European Model ; 3. A Procession of Pilgrims ; 4. Agassiz's Boston: The City in Science ; 5. Agassiz's America: The Geography of Science ; 6. Science, American Style: Targets of Opportunity -- 7. Becoming a Scientist ; 8. Being a Scientist -- Part Two. Science, Technology, and a Rising People, 1846-1861. 9. Science and Technology in the Public Mind ; 10. The Wherewithal of Science ; 11. The Technological Connection ; 12. The Public Purse ; 13. Bache and Maury, Barons of Bureaucracy ; 14. The Smithsonian, Seedbed of Science ; 15. Soldiers, Sailors, and Scientists -- Part Three. The Governance of Science, 1846-1861. 16. Bache and Company, Architects of American Science ; 17. Support without Strings ; 18. Communication and Conflict ; 19. Liberty and Union: The American Association -- Part Four. War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876. 20. Science and the Shock of War ; 21. War and the Structure of Science ; 22. "Small Potatoes": Science and Technology in Arms ; 23. Many Mansions: The House of Postwar Science ; 24. The New Education ; 25. Taking Stock -- Appendix: A Note on Quantitative Statements.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 365-431.

Pulitzer Prize History, 1988

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Science in a New World, 1846-1861 -- Science, Technology, and a Rising People, 1846-1861 -- The Governance of Science, 1846-1861 -- War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876. Part One. Science in a New World, 1846-1861. 1. Prologue: 1. The Lay of the Land ; 2. The European Model ; 3. A Procession of Pilgrims ; 4. Agassiz's Boston: The City in Science ; 5. Agassiz's America: The Geography of Science ; 6. Science, American Style: Targets of Opportunity -- 7. Becoming a Scientist ; 8. Being a Scientist -- Part Two. Science, Technology, and a Rising People, 1846-1861. 9. Science and Technology in the Public Mind ; 10. The Wherewithal of Science ; 11. The Technological Connection ; 12. The Public Purse ; 13. Bache and Maury, Barons of Bureaucracy ; 14. The Smithsonian, Seedbed of Science ; 15. Soldiers, Sailors, and Scientists -- Part Three. The Governance of Science, 1846-1861. 16. Bache and Company, Architects of American Science ; 17. Support without Strings ; 18. Communication and Conflict ; 19. Liberty and Union: The American Association -- Part Four. War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876. 20. Science and the Shock of War ; 21. War and the Structure of Science ; 22. "Small Potatoes": Science and Technology in Arms ; 23. Many Mansions: The House of Postwar Science ; 24. The New Education ; 25. Taking Stock -- Appendix: A Note on Quantitative Statements.