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American science in an age of anxiety : scientists, anticommunism, and the cold war / Jessica Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wang, Jessica, 1967-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--United States--History--20th century.
- Science.
- Science and state--United States--History--20th century.
- Science and state.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- The first major study of America scientist's encounters with Cold War anticommunism in the decade after WWII. Wang demonstrates the stifling effects of anticommunist ideology on the politics of science.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 080782447X
- 0807847496
- OCLC:
- 38495190
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