To foster the spirit of professionalism :
Midgette, Nancy Smith, 1948-
To foster the spirit of professionalism : Southern scientists and state academies of science / Nancy Smith Midgette. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, �1991. - 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages). - History of American science and technology series . - History of American science and technology series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
1. Organization: A Vital Component of Professionalism -- 2. Scientists int he Postbellum South -- 3. The Need for Organization: Emergence of State Academies of Science -- 4. Support for Fledgling Academies: North Carolina Scientists, a Case Study -- 5. Camraderie, Research, and Publication: State Academies and Scientists' Professional Needs -- 6. Southern Scientists and the Ideal of service -- 7. A Dream Realized? Advent of Research Facilities in the South -- 8. State Academies of Science int he Postwar World: Searching for an Identity -- 9. Education the Next Generation: The Academies' Role -- 10. Looking to the Future.
Details the struggle of Southern scientists to maintain professional status and organizations after the Civil War. Explores the role of academies of science in helping maintain a presence, research activity, and communication.
English.
0585263620 9780585263625
91007765
Science--Societies, etc.--History.--Southern States
Science--History.--Southern States
Research institutes--History.--Southern States
Research--History.--Southern States
SCIENCE--General.
Research.
Research institutes.
Science.
Science--Societies, etc.
Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
Sciences - General.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Q11 / .M58 1991eb
506.075
To foster the spirit of professionalism : Southern scientists and state academies of science / Nancy Smith Midgette. - Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, �1991. - 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages). - History of American science and technology series . - History of American science and technology series. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
1. Organization: A Vital Component of Professionalism -- 2. Scientists int he Postbellum South -- 3. The Need for Organization: Emergence of State Academies of Science -- 4. Support for Fledgling Academies: North Carolina Scientists, a Case Study -- 5. Camraderie, Research, and Publication: State Academies and Scientists' Professional Needs -- 6. Southern Scientists and the Ideal of service -- 7. A Dream Realized? Advent of Research Facilities in the South -- 8. State Academies of Science int he Postwar World: Searching for an Identity -- 9. Education the Next Generation: The Academies' Role -- 10. Looking to the Future.
Details the struggle of Southern scientists to maintain professional status and organizations after the Civil War. Explores the role of academies of science in helping maintain a presence, research activity, and communication.
English.
0585263620 9780585263625
91007765
Science--Societies, etc.--History.--Southern States
Science--History.--Southern States
Research institutes--History.--Southern States
Research--History.--Southern States
SCIENCE--General.
Research.
Research institutes.
Science.
Science--Societies, etc.
Physical Sciences & Mathematics.
Sciences - General.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Q11 / .M58 1991eb
506.075