Article ID: CBB000700992

Dictating to the Dictator: Augustus Trowbridge, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Support of Physics in Spain, 1923--1927 (2005)

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Glick, Thomas F. (Author)


Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Volume: 43
Pages: 121--145


Publication Date: 2005
Edition Details: Lead article in a series on Science in 20th-century Spain
Language: English

Abstract During the mid 1920s, the Spanish Government, prompted by the Rockefeller Foundation, began for the first time to support fundamental research in physics. The negotiations leading to this outcome are instructive, in reflecting key differences between the Foundation's vision and the practices of scientists accustomed to a `culture of scarcity'. This paper shows how the Foundation and the Dictator of Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera, tested the limits of `civil discourse', and reached a resolution.

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Includes Series Articles

Article Roca-Rosell, Antoni (2005) Professionalism and Technocracy: Esteve Terradas and Science Policy in the Early Years of the Franco Regime. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (p. 147). unapi

Article Navarro-Brotóns, Víctor; Velasco González, Jorge; Doménech Torres, José (2005) The Birth of Particle Physics in Spain. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (p. 183). unapi

Article Salom, Francesc X. Barca (2005) Nuclear Power for Catalonia: The Role of the Official Chamber of Industry of Barcelona, 1953--1962. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (p. 163). unapi

Article Puig, Albert Presas i. (2005) Science on the Periphery. The Spanish Reception of Nuclear Energy: An Attempt at Modernity?. Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (p. 197). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rodríguez Ocaña, Esteban
Hinokawa, Shizue
Biehn, Kersten Jacobson
Seim, David L.
Zylberman, Patrick
Valone, David A.
Concepts
Privately sponsored science; philanthropy
Medicine
Public health
Research support
Social sciences
Particle accelerators
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
Places
United States
Spain
Colombia
Sri Lanka
Russia
Canada
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
University College, London. Department of Anatomy
Maudsley Hospital (England)
Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo
Yale University
Harvard University
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