Scientists, business, and the state, 1890-1960 [[electronic resource] /] / Patrick J. McGrath
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| Autore: |
McGrath Patrick J (Patrick Joseph), <1961->
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| Titolo: |
Scientists, business, and the state, 1890-1960 [[electronic resource] /] / Patrick J. McGrath
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, NC, : University of North Carolina Press, c2002 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.97306 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science and state - United States - History - 19th century |
| Science and state - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments; introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the late nineteenth century, scientists began allying themselves with America's corporate, political, and military elites. They did so not just to improve their professional standing and win more money for research, says Patrick McGrath, but for political reasons as well. They wanted to use their new institutional connections to effect a transformation of American political culture. They succeeded, but not in ways that all scientists envisioned or agreed upon. McGrath describes how, between 1890 and 1960, scientific, business, and political leaders together forged a new definition o |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Scientists, business, and the state, 1890-1960 |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908679-6-4 |
| 0-8078-7528-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808795603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Luther Hartwell Hodges series on business, society, and the state.