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To Advance Knowledge : the Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940.
American scientific supremacy was built upon the strength of our research universities. This book shows how these universities laid the foundation for the ascendancy of American science in the first half of this century, when they went from being provincial outposts of international science to being...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cary :
Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
1986.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""1. The Shaping of the American Research University, 1865�1920""; ""1. Toward a National System of Universities""; ""2. Academic Disciplines""; ""3. The Wealth of Universities""; ""2. The Conditions of University Research, 1900�1920""; ""1. The Research System in 1900 and the Founding of Independent Research Institutions""; ""2. Resources for University Research: The Treatment of Faculty""; ""3. Resources for University Research: Capital and Project Funds""; ""3. Research Universities from World War I to 1930""; ""1. Science and the University Go to War""
- ""2. Growth and Differentiation""""3. The Collegiate Syndrome""; ""4. Who Shall Go to College?""; ""4. Foundations and University Research""; ""1. Ways and Means: Defining the Foundations' Role""; ""2. Foundations and Universities: The Social Sciences""; ""3. Foundations and Universities: The Natural Sciences""; ""4. Common Goals and Cross-purposes""; ""5. The Privately Funded University Research System""; ""1. Business and University Research""; ""2. Institutional Patterns of University Research""; ""3. Students, Professors, and Research""; ""4. The Ascendancy of American Science""
- ""5. The Intellectual Migration""""6. The Research Universities in the 1930s""; ""1. Effects of the Depression""; ""2. The Federal Government and University Research""; ""3. Retrospect and Prospect""; ""APPENDIX""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""