Patronage, practice, and the culture of American science : Alexander Dallas Bache and the U.S. Coast Survey /

Patronage, practice, and the culture of American science : Alexander Dallas Bache and the U.S. Coast Survey /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Slotten, Hugh Richard
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description:	xi, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Bache, A. D. -- (Alexander Dallas), -- 1806-1867 -- Influence. Bache, A. D. -- (Alexander Dallas), -- 1806-1867 Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Physicists -- United States -- Biography Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Physicists. Science. Science -- Social aspects. United States. Biography. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1632126

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ISBN:	0521433959
Notes:	Includes index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Becoming a man of science
2. Reforming American science
3. Background to reform
4. Mobilizing for government science
5. Reforming the Coast Survey
6. Providing patronage for American science
7. Practising government science
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