To foster the spirit of professionalism : Southern scientists and state academies of science / Nancy Smith Midgette.
Material type: TextSeries: History of American science and technology seriesPublication details: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, �1991.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 238 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585263620
- 9780585263625
- Science -- Southern States -- Societies, etc. -- History
- Science -- Southern States -- History
- Research institutes -- Southern States -- History
- Research -- Southern States -- History
- SCIENCE -- General
- Research
- Research institutes
- Science
- Science -- Societies, etc
- Southern States
- Physical Sciences & Mathematics
- Sciences - General
- 506.075 20
- Q11 .M58 1991eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Print version record.
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.
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