Book ID: CBB000021221

The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (1976)

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Oleson, Alexandra (Editor)
Brown, Sanborn C. (Editor)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 1976
Physical Details: xxv + 372 pp.; bibls.; index

Description Contents: Oleson, Alexandra: Introduction: To build a new intellectual order. Greene, John C.: Science, learning, and utility: Patterns of organization in the early American republic. Dupree, A. Hunter: The national pattern of American learned societies, 1769-1863. Reingold, Nathan: Definitions and speculations: The professionalization of science in America in the 19th century. Frick, G. F.: The Royal Society in America. Hindle, Brook: The underside of the learned society in New York, 1754-1854. Hobbins, J. M.: Shaping a provincial learned society: The early history of the Albany Institute. Whitehill, W. M.: Early learned societies in Boston and vicinity. Gerstner, Patsy A.: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1812-1850. Sinclair, Bruce: Science, technology, and the Franklin Institute. Ewan, Joseph: The growth of learned and scientific societies in the southeastern United States to 1860. Shapiro, H. D.: The Western Academy of Natural Sciences of Cincinnati and the structure of science in the Ohio Valley, 1810-1850. McCorison, M. A.: The nature of humanistic societies in early America. Cassedy, James H.: Medicine and the learned society in the United States, 1660-1850. Rossiter, Margaret W.: The organization of agricultural improvement in the United States, 1785-1865. Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory: Savants and professionals: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848-1860. Bowler, Peter J.: The early development of scientific societies in Canada. Storr, R. J.: Commentary: An historian of education looks at the Newagen Study. Rosenkrantz, Barbara G.: Early American learned societies as informants on our past: Some conclusions and suggestions for further research.


Reviewed By

Review Sterling, K.B. (1976) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". Science (pp. 416-17). unapi

Review Christianson, E.H. (1977) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 306-8). unapi

Review Numbers, R.L. (1976) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". Reviews in American History (pp. 497-505). unapi

Review Lokken, R.N. (1977) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". William and Mary Quarterly (pp. 345-47). unapi

Review Morrell, J.B. (1977) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". Nature (p. 191). unapi

Review Patterson, E.C. (1977) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". American Scientist (pp. 87-91). unapi

Review Shapin, S. (1977 (Jan. 7)) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". TLS: Times Literary Supplement (p. 3). unapi

Review Guralnick, S.M. (1978) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 69-71). unapi

Review Beaver, D. de B. (1978) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". American Journal of Sociology (pp. 1553-54). unapi

Review Welch, R.E., Jr. (1977) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". New England Quarterly (pp. 158-60). unapi

Review Appel, T.A. (1979) Review of "The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 152-53). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (1976) Savants and professionals: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1848-1860. In: The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (p. 299). unapi

Chapter Shapiro, Henry D. (1976) The Western Academy of Natural Sciences of Cincinnati and the structure of science in the Ohio Valley, 1810-1850. In: The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (p. 219). unapi

Chapter Gerstner, Patsy A. (1976) The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1812-1850. In: The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (p. 174). unapi

Chapter Sinclair, Bruce (1976) Science, technology, and the Franklin Institute. In: The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (p. 194). unapi

Chapter Hobbins, James M. (1976) Shaping a provincial learned society: The early history of the Albany Institute. In: The pursuit of knowledge in the early American republic: American learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War (p. 117). unapi

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