University and Military Research : Moral Politics at M.I.T. /

The events leading up to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's decision to divest the controversial Instrumentation Laboratory are vividly set forth in this engrossing case study. The decision, announced on May 20, 1970, followed a year of efforts to cope with dissent focused on the issue...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelkin, Dorothy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Colección:Science, Technology, and Society Series
Temas:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Military research > United States.
Education, Higher.
History Of Technology.
Enseignement supérieur.
higher education.
Technology & Engineering / Military Science.
Education, Higher
Military research
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Introduction
  • I. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • II. Ménage à Trois: The University, Federal Support, and the Instrumentation Laboratory
  • III. First Strike: The Research Stowage on March 4, 1969
  • IV. Reconnaissance: The Pounds Panel
  • V. Accommodations and Negotiations
  • VI. Student Offensive: Confrontation and Crisis
  • VII. The Decision to Divest
  • VIII. Universities and the Ethic of Responsibility
  • Appendix I. Contrasting Assumptions of C. S. Draper and the Activists
  • Appendix II. Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, October 22, 1969
  • Appendix II./ Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, May 20, 1970
  • A Note on the Program on Science, Technology, and Society
  • Abbreviations
  • Index

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