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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777796803321

Autore

Krige John

Titolo

American hegemony and the postwar reconstruction of science in Europe / / John Krige

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2006

ISBN

1-282-09709-1

9786612097096

0-262-27763-8

1-4294-7759-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

Transformations

Disciplina

509.4/09045

Soggetti

Science - Europe - History - 20th century

Technology - Europe - History - 20th century

United States Foreign relations Europe

Europe Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 20th century

Europe Foreign relations 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-363) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

How the United States used its position as the world's leading scientific and technological power to rebuild European scientific practices and institutions and align them with American interests during the first two decades of the Cold War.