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Shaky Foundations: The Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus in Cold War America - Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment First Paperback edition
Mark Solovey
Shaky Foundations: The Politics-Patronage-Social Science Nexus in Cold War America - Studies in Modern Science, Technology, and the Environment First Paperback edition
Mark Solovey
Numerous popular and scholarly accounts have exposed the deep impact of patrons on the production of scientific knowledge and its applications. Shaky Foundations provides the first extensive examination of a new patronage system for the social sciences that emerged in the early Cold War years and took more definite shape during the 1950s and early 1960s.
263 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 1, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780813571287 |
Publishers | Rutgers University Press |
Genre | Aspects (Academic) > Science / Technology Aspects |
Pages | 266 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 18 mm · 399 g |