Book ID: CBB000951118

The Passionate Empiricist: The Eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the Service of Science (2009)

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Portolano, Marlana (Author)


State University of New York Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xiii + 231 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the role of oratory and its influence on government funded science in America.


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Review Rothenberg, Marc (2009) Review of "The Passionate Empiricist: The Eloquence of John Quincy Adams in the Service of Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 934). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Determann, Jörg Matthias
Olive, Andrea
Vogel, David
Bolar, Richard Allen
Wood, Kirsten E.
Stalcup, Sam
Journals
Journal of American Culture
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
ATQ
American Quarterly
American Historical Review
Agricultural History
Publishers
University of California, San Diego
Yale University Press
University of Toronto Press
University of North Carolina Press
University of Chicago Press
Universidad de los Andes
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and race
Conservation movement
Science and culture
Science and government
Environmentalism
People
Saud, Sultan bin Salman Al
Madison, James
Jefferson, Thomas
Frémont John C.
Adams, John Quincy
Adams, John
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
20th century, late
Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)
Places
United States
Southern states (U.S.)
Middle and Near East
Colombia
Canada
Wisconsin (U.S.)
Institutions
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Smithsonian Institution
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