Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867) was one of the leaders of
American science in the nineteenth century. Driven by a vision of
science as a key component of an integrated U.S. nation-state, he
guided the nascent American Association for the Advancement of
Science and also led what was at that point the nation's largest
scientific enterprise, the U.S. Coast Survey. In this analytical
biography, Axel Jansen explains and explores Bache's efforts to
build and shape public institutions as aids to his goal of creating
a national foundation for a shared culture--efforts that culminated
in his work during the Civil War as one of the founders of the
National Academy of Sciences, which he saw as a key symbol of the
continued viability of a unified American nation.
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