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Beyond the laboratory : scientists as political activists in 1930s America / Peter J. Kuznick.
LIBRA Q175.52.U5 K89 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kuznick, Peter J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects--United States.
- Science.
- Science--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Science--Political aspects--United States.
- Science--Political aspects.
- Scientists--Political activity--United States.
- Scientists.
- Scientists--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- x, 363 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- The debate over scientists' social responsibility is a topic of great controversy today. Peter J. Kuznick here traces the origin of that debate to the 1930s and places it in a context that forces a reevaluation of the relationship between science and politics in twentieth-century America. Kuznick reveals how an influential segment of the American scientific community during the Depression era underwent a profound transformation in its social values and political beliefs, replacing a once-pervasive conservatism and antipathy to political involvement with a new ethic of social reform.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0226465837 :
- 0226465845
- OCLC:
- 15251745
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