To Foster the Spirit of Professionalism: Southern Scientists and State Academies of Science

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University of Alabama Press, 1991 - 238 pages

"A welcome contribution to the history of science in the South during the period since the Civil War. . . . By considering the academies in the larger context of scientific professionalism, South and North, Midgette has produced a surprisingly wide-ranging and informative study. This is overall a judicious and carefully researched work. The writing is straightforward and admirably clear, while the topic is effectively organized and presented. The book is a commendably original addition to local and regional history as well as history of American Science."
--Journal of American History

"Midgette's study is thorough and well organized and should be consulted by anyone interested in American science and American higher education."
--Florida Historical Quarterly


"A very useful survey."
--Choice

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Contents

A Vital Component of Professionalism I
1
Scientists in the Postbellum South ΙΟ
10
Emergence of State Academies of Science
37
North Carolina Scientists a Case Study
68
State Academies and Scientists Professional Needs
93
Southern Scientists and the Ideal of Service
121
A Dream Realized? Advent of Research Facilities in the South
138
Searching for an Identity
162
The Academies Role
184
Looking to the Future
199
Notes
207
Selected Bibliography
227
Index
235
Copyright

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TitleTo Foster the Spirit of Professionalism: Southern Scientists and State Academies of Science
History of American science and technology series
AuthorNancy Smith Midgette
PublisherUniversity of Alabama Press, 1991
ISBN0817305491, 9780817305499
Length238 pages
  
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