Scientific Societies in the United States / / Ralph S. Bates.
Looks at scientific societies in the United States such as the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Smithsonian Institute, and others including municipal societies for their pursuits of many scientific branches from anthropology to zoology.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1958] ©1958 |
| Year of Publication: | 1958 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface To The First Edition
- Contents
- I. Scientific Societies in Eighteenth Century America
- II. National Growth, 1800–1865
- III. The Triumph of Specialization, 1866–1918
- IV. American Scientific Societies and World Science, 1919–1944
- V. The Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge
- VI. The Atomic Age, 1945–1955
- Bibliography
- Index