Science and the American Century

Science and the American Century

Author: Sally Gregory Kohlstedt

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2013-03-14

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0226925153

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The twentieth century was one of astonishing change in science, especially as pursued in the United States. Against a backdrop of dramatic political and economic shifts brought by world wars, intermittent depressions, sporadic and occasionally massive increases in funding, and expanding private patronage, this scientific work fundamentally reshaped everyday life. Science and the American Century offers some of the most significant contributions to the study of the history of science, technology, and medicine during the twentieth century, all drawn from the pages of the journal Isis. Fourteen essays from leading scholars are grouped into three sections, each presented in roughly chronological order. The first section charts several ways in which our knowledge of nature was cultivated, revealing how scientific practitioners and the public alike grappled with definitions of the “natural” as they absorbed and refracted global information. The essays in the second section investigate the changing attitudes and fortunes of scientists during and after World War II. The final section documents the intricate ways that science, as it advanced, became intertwined with social policies and the law. This important and useful book provides a thoughtful and detailed overview for scholars and students of American history and the history of science, as well as for scientists and others who want to better understand modern science and science in America.


Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux

Quill and Beadwork of the Western Sioux

Author: Carrie Alberta Lyford

Publisher:

Published: 1940

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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"...we have tried here to present designs known to be Sioux, for use in Sioux schools. The purpose of the book is a practical one. Though we have striven for accuracy, our aim has not been an exhaustive scientific study. Rather, it has been to bring together a representative collection of designs and to explain them, so that practical workers, both students and teachers, may be able to recognize the bead and quillwork of the western Sioux and to make it for themselves. The art has changed in the past and those who understand its style and uses may use their imaginations to develop it still more, while keeping it Indian and Sioux."--Introduction, page 9.


Bulletin

Bulletin

Author: Library of Congress. Card Distribution Section

Publisher:

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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Tattooing the World

Tattooing the World

Author: Juniper Ellis

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0231143699

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"Juniper Ellis traces the origins and significance of modern tattoo in the works of nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists, travelers, missionaries, scientists, and such writers as Herman Melville, Margaret Mead, Albert Wendt, and Sia Figiel." --book cover.


Museums Journal

Museums Journal

Author: Elijah Howarth

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13:

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"Indexes to papers read before the Museums Association, 1890-1909. Comp. by Charles Madeley": v. 9, p. 427-452.