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To foster the spirit of professionalism

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Details the struggle of Southern scientists to maintain professional status and organizations after the Civil War. Explores the role of academies of science in helping maintain a presence, research activity, and communication.

Title To foster the spirit of professionalism : Southern scientists and state academies of science / Nancy Smith Midgette. [electronic resource] [History of American science and technology series. ]
Publisher Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press
Creation Date c1991
Notes Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content 1. Organization: A Vital Component of Professionalism -- 2. Scientists int he Postbellum South -- 3. The Need for Organization: Emergence of State Academies of Science -- 4. Support for Fledgling Academies: North Carolina Scientists, a Case Study -- 5. Camraderie, Research, and Publication: State Academies and Scientists' Professional Needs -- 6. Southern Scientists and the Ideal of service -- 7. A Dream Realized? Advent of Research Facilities in the South -- 8. State Academies of Science int he Postwar World: Searching for an Identity -- 9. Education the Next Generation: The Academies' Role -- 10. Looking to the Future.
Series History of American science and technology series. To foster the spirit of professionalism
Extent 1 online resource (viii, 238 p. )
Language English
National Library system number 997010701525505171
MARC RECORDS
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