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Transnational Science during the Cold War: The Case of Chinese/American Scientists (2010)

Wang, Zuoyue (Author)

Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 101
Pages: 367--377

Publication Date: 2010
Edition Details: Focus: New Perspectives on Science and the Cold War
Language: English

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National histories Cross-national interaction Cold War Communism 20th century, late United States China

This essay examines the experiences of about five thousand Chinese students/scientists in the United States after the Communist takeover of mainland China in 1949. These experiences illustrate the often hidden transnational movements of people, instruments, and ideas in science and technology across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. I argue that those hundreds who returned to China represented a partial Americanization of Chinese science and technology, while the rest of the group staying in the United States contributed to a transnationalization of the American scientific community.

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Article Heyck, Hunter; Kaiser, David (2010) Introduction. Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 362). unapi

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