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Transforming American Science - Universities, the Government, and the Cold War (Hardcover)
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Transforming American Science - Universities, the Government, and the Cold War (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Transforming American Science documents the ways in which federal
funds catalyzed or accelerated changes in both university culture
and the broader system of American higher education during the
post-World War II decades. The events of the book lie within the
context of the Cold War, when pressure to maintain parity with the
Soviet Union impelled more generous government spending and a
willingness of some universities to reorient their missions in the
service of country and of science. The book draws upon a
substantial amount of archival research conducted in various
university archives (MIT, Berkeley, Stanford) as well as at the
Library of Congress, the National Archives, and various
presidential libraries. Author Jonathan Engel considers the
repurposing of the wartime Manhattan Engineering District and the
Office of Naval Research to robust peacetime roles in supporting
the nation's expanding research efforts, along with the birth of
the National Science Foundation, space exploration, and atoms for
peace among other topics. This volume is the perfect resource for
all those interested in Cold War history and in the history of
American science and technology policy.
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