- Bib ID:
- 160493
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory, 1943-
- Description:
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1999
- xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0813527058 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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"This comprehensive history of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest and most significant general organization of scientists in America, provides a unique window on the development of science in the United States during the past 150 years."--BOOK JACKET. "The Establishment of Science in America traces the evolution of the role of scientists in American society, public attitudes toward science, and the changing dimensions of the sponsorship of science and its participants."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Foreword / Stephen Jay Gould
- Introduction: AAAS Narrative History / Keith Benson and Jane Maienschein
- Creating a Forum for Science: AAAS in the Nineteenth Century / Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
- Promoting Science in a New Century: The Middle Years of the AAAS / Michael M. Sokal
- Shifting Science from People to Programs: AAAS in the Postwar Years / Bruce V. Lewenstein
- App. A. The Arden House Statement
- App. B. Administrative Officers, 1848-1996
- App. C. AAAS Membership
- App. D. AAAS Meetings and Presidents.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- American Association for the Advancement of Science -- History
- Other authors/contributors:
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- Copyright:
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