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portada Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the u. S. Coast Survey
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
1994
Language
English
Pages
244
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.6 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm
Weight
0.50 kg.
ISBN
0521433959
ISBN13
9780521433952
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Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the u. S. Coast Survey

Hugh Richard Slotten (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover

Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the u. S. Coast Survey - Slotten, Hugh Richard

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Synopsis "Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science: Alexander Dallas Bache and the u. S. Coast Survey "

In this book, Hugh Richard Slotten explores the institutional and cultural history of science in the United States. The main focus of the book is an analysis of the activities of Alexander Dallas Bache--great grandson of Benjamin Franklin. Bache played a central role in the organization of a number of key scientific institutions, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Smithsonian Institution, and the National Academy of Sciences. In the middle of the nineteenth century, Bache became the most important leader of the scientific community through his control of the United States Coast Survey, which he superintended from 1843 until his death in 1867. Under Bache's command, the Coast Survey became the central scientific institution in antebellum America. Using richly detailed archival records, Slotten pursues an analysis of Bache and the Coast Survey that illuminates important themes in the history of science in the United States, including the interrelationship among political culture, patterns of patronage, and the institutional practice of science in the United States.

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