Science as service : establishing and reformulating American land-grant universities, 1865-1930 /

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Science as Service: Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865-1930 is the first of a two-volume study that traces the foundation and evolution of America's land-grant institutions. In this expertly curated collection of essays, Alan I Marcus has assembled a tough-min...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Marcus, Alan I, 1949- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2015]
Colección:Nexus : new histories of science, technology, the environment, agriculture & medicine
Temas:
United States. > Land Grant Act of 1862.
Land Grant Act of 1862 (United States)
1800-1999
State universities and colleges > United States > History > 19th century.
State universities and colleges > United States > History > 20th century.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > History > 19th century.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > History > 20th century.
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > History > 19th century.
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher) > United States > History > 20th century.
Universités d'État > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Universités d'État > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sciences > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences > Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Science > Study and teaching (Higher)
State universities and colleges.
Technology > Study and teaching (Higher)
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Land-Grant Colleges and the Pre-Modern Era of American Higher Education, 1850-1890 / Roger L. Geiger
  • Transnational Exchanges of Agricultural Scientific Thought from the Morrill Act through the Hatch Act / Mark R. Finlay
  • The Rise and Fall of the Grange's Yankee Land-Grant Colleges, 1873-1901 / Nathan M. Sorber
  • Is Milk the Measure of All Things? : Babcock Tests, Breed Associations, and Land-Grant Scientists, 1890-1920 / Micah Rueber
  • Engineering National Character : Early Land-Grant College Science and the Quest for an American Identity / Paul K. Nienkamp
  • People's Colleges for Other Citizens : Black Land-Grant Institutions and the Politics of Educational Expansion in the Post-Civil War Era / Debra A. Reid
  • The Morrill Land-Grant Act and American Cities : The Neglected Story / Robert B. Fairbanks
  • Generating Knowledge and Power : The Role of Land-Grant Colleges in Electrifying America / Richard F. Hirsh
  • Spreading Their Butter Too Thin : Land-Grant Libraries, 1900-1940 / Sara E. Morris
  • Engineering and the Land-Grant Tradition at the University of Illinois, 1868-1950 / Bruce E. Seely
  • Appendix : US Congressional Acts Pertaining to the Land-Grant Institutions.

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