Social science for what? : battles over public funding for the "other sciences" at the National Science Foundation / Mark Solovey.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Solovey, Mark, 1964- author.

Series:

• The MIT Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Social sciences--Research--United States--History.
• Research--United States--Finance--History.
• Endowment of research--United States--History.
• National Science Foundation (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Place of Publication:

• Cambridge The MIT Press 2020
• Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2020]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known for its dedication to supporting first-rate science. The agency's 1950 enabling legislation made no mention of the social sciences, although it included a vague reference to "other sciences." Nevertheless, as Mark Solovey shows in this book, the NSF also soon became a major--albeit controversial--source of public funding for them.

Notes:

• Includes index.
• OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

• 0-262-35874-3
• 0-262-35875-1

OCLC:

1158681281