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To foster the spirit of professionalism : Southern scientists and state academies of science / Nancy Smith Midgette.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: 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
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585263620
  • 9780585263625
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: To foster the spirit of professionalism.DDC classification:
  • 506.075 20
LOC classification:
  • Q11 .M58 1991eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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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