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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.
Does Distance Tyrannize Science?.- Tyrannies of Distance in British
Science.- Dr George Bennett and Sir Richard Owen: A Case Study of
the Colonization of Early Australian Science.- A Far Frontier:
British Geological Research in Australia during the Nineteenth
Century.- A Collaborative Dimension of the European Empires:
Australian and French Acclimatization Societies and Intercolonial
Scientific Co-operation.- International Exchange in the Natural
History Enterprise: Museums in Australia and the United States.- A
World-wide Scientific Network and Patronage System: Australian and
Other 'Colonial' Fellows of the Royal Society of London.-
Ionospheric and Radio Physics in Australian Science since the Early
Days.- Theories of the Earth as Seen from Below.- Geographic
Isolation and the Origin of Species: The Migrations of Michael
White.- Antipodal Fire: Bushfire Research in Australia and
America.- Notes on Contributors.
This volume of recent "Signs" articles offers some of the most
significant contributions to the debates on history and theory.
Illustrating the uses of theories in recent feminist historical
research and the often contentious arguments that surround them,
the articles speak to a number of discussions, including the
theoretical tradition of political economy, the importance of class
relations for understanding historical events and social
relationships, and the expansion of concepts from political economy
to include race. Included as well are the workings of gender
signification in terms of the body, moving it from its
traditionally lesser position in the hierarchical Enlightenment
mind/body split. A further group of articles concerns the
discursive character of power relations and the dialogic quality of
language. The volume will be extremely useful for feminist
historians in a variety of disciplines as well as women's studies
students interested in issues of interdisciplinarity. Sixteen
articles include contributions by Karen Anderson, Josephine
Donovan, Nancy Folbre, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, April Gordon, Luise
White, C. Fred Blake, Antoinette Burton, Jane Desmond, Nancy M.
Theriot, Kathleen Canning, Sueann Caulfield, Lisa Duggan, Nancy
Fraser and Linda Gordon, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, and Sandra R.
Joshel.
Why is it that some women have created successful careers in
science, when historically there have been so many barriers that
exclude women from engaging in scientific work? At last, here is a
comparative history that illuminates some of the patterns that have
emerged in the history of women in science.
This book features some of the most influential and pioneering
studies of women in the sciences, with a special focus on patterns
of education, access, barriers, and opportunities for women's work
in science. Spanning the 17th through the 20th centuries, the book
demonstrates the meaning and power of gender experienced by women
in the sciences.
Individual chapters focus on exceptional women whose unusual
initiativee and particular circumstance led them to engage in
science: Laura Bassi, Nettie Stevens, Maria Winkelmann, and others.
Chapters on women's access to science discuss collaboration with
family members in the domestic sphere, the impact of primers and
popular science writing, and formal education in public schools and
advanced research institutions. There are examinations of the
reasons for clusters of women working in "female friendly" sciences
such as botany and physiology in the 19th century and astronomy in
the U.S. during the early 20th century.
This important and useful book provides a thoughtful and detailed
overview for scholars and students in the history of science, as
well as for feminist historians, scientists, and others who who
want a comparative and historical analysis of women in the
sciences.
Contributors include Janet Browne, Paula Findlen, Peggy Aldrich
Kidwell, Ann Hibner Koblitz, M. Susan Lindee, Carolyn Merchant,
Margaret W. Rossiter, Londa Schiebinger, Nancy Leys Stepan, and
Deborah Jean Warner.
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