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The launching of modern American science, 1846-1876
Bruce, Robert V.
Year: 1988, c1987.
Publisher:  Cornell University Press. 
© Robert V. Bruce
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PART ONE: SCIENCE IN A NEW WORLD, 1846-1861
1. Prologue: 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
7. Support without Strings
18. Communication and Conflict
19. Liberty and Union: The American Association
PART FOUR: WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
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
26. Epilogue: The Last of the Lazzaroni
Appendix: A Note on Quantitative Statements
Source Notes
Manuscript Sources Cited
Other Sources Cited in More than One Chapter
Acknowledgments
Index
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Title: The launching of modern American science, 1846-1876 : by Robert V. Bruce.
Author: Bruce, Robert V
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Source Version: The launching of modern American science, 1846-1876 : by Robert V. Bruce. 
Bruce, Robert V
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1988, c1987.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.00622
Subject Headings: • Science -- United States -- History
Notes: • Includes index.
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