Read Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

Hugh Richard Slotten

4.9/5 (34853 ratings)

Description:In this book, Hugh Richard Slotten explores the institutional and cultural history of science in the United States. The main focus of the book is an analysis of the activities of Alexander Dallas Bache--great grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bache played a central role in the organization of a number of key scientific institutions, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Smithsonian Institution, and the National Academy of Sciences. In the middle of the nineteenth century, Bache became the most important leader of the scientific community through his control of the United States Coast Survey, which he superintended from 1843 until his death in 1867. Under Bache's command, the Coast Survey became the central scientific institution in antebellum America. Using richly detailed archival records, Slotten pursues an analysis of Bache and the Coast Survey that illuminates important themes in the history of science in the United States, including the interrelationship among political culture, patterns of patronage, and the institutional practice of science in the United States.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey. To get started finding Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: 244

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: 1994

ISBN: 0521433959

Description: In this book, Hugh Richard Slotten explores the institutional and cultural history of science in the United States. The main focus of the book is an analysis of the activities of Alexander Dallas Bache--great grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bache played a central role in the organization of a number of key scientific institutions, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Smithsonian Institution, and the National Academy of Sciences. In the middle of the nineteenth century, Bache became the most important leader of the scientific community through his control of the United States Coast Survey, which he superintended from 1843 until his death in 1867. Under Bache's command, the Coast Survey became the central scientific institution in antebellum America. Using richly detailed archival records, Slotten pursues an analysis of Bache and the Coast Survey that illuminates important themes in the history of science in the United States, including the interrelationship among political culture, patterns of patronage, and the institutional practice of science in the United States.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey. To get started finding Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey

More Books

Radio's Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States (The History of Media and Communication)

Radio's Hidden Voice: The Origins of Public Broadcasting in the United States (The History of Media and Communication)

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context

The Cambridge History of Science: Volume 8, Modern Science in National, Transnational, and Global Context

Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications

Beyond Sputnik and the Space Race: The Origins of Global Satellite Communications

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology (Oxford Encyclopedias of American History)

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the History of American Science, Medicine, and Technology (Oxford Encyclopedias of American History)