Politics on the endless frontier : postwar research policy in the United States / Daniel Lee Kleinman.

Durham : Duke University Press, 1995.

xii, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographic references (p. [217]-241) and index

Thinking about the politics of science and science policy -- Mapping science: the scientific field in the United States, 1850-1940 -- A scientists' war: institutional advantage, social connections, and credibility -- High hopes: setting the agenda in the battle for a postwar research policy -- Toward peace on the Potomac: state building and the genesis of the National Science Foundation -- From grand vision to puny partner: fragmentation and the U.S. research policy mosaic -- Possibilities and prospects: research policy at a new institutional divide.

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