{"product_id":"patronage-practice-and-the-culture-of-american-science-alexander-dallas-bache-and-the-u-s-coast-survey-hardback-9780521433952","title":"Patronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science; Alexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey (Hardback) 9780521433952","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePatronage, Practice, and the Culture of American Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAlexander Dallas Bache and the U. S. Coast Survey\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn analysis of Alexander Dallas Bache, 'chief' of the nineteenth-century scientific community during the second third of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHugh Richard Slotten (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521433952, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 June 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e244 pages, 26 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.4 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … timely and well-written book.' New Scientist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this text, Dr Slotten explores the institutional and cultural history of science in the United States. The main focus of  the book is an analysis of the activities of Alexander Dallas Bache, great grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the acknowledged 'chief' of the American scientific community during the second third of the nineteenth century. Bache became the most important leader of the scientific community through his control of the United States Coast Survey, which he superintended from 1843 until his death in 1867. Under Bache's command the Coast Survey became the central scientific institution in antebellum America. Using richly detailed archival records, Slotten pursues an analysis of Bache and the Coast Survey that illuminates important themes in the history of science in the United States.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Becoming a man of science\u003cbr\u003e 2. Reforming American science\u003cbr\u003e 3. Background to reform\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mobilizing for government science\u003cbr\u003e 5. Reforming the Coast Survey\u003cbr\u003e 6. Providing patronage for American science\u003cbr\u003e 7. Practising government science\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007288693016,"sku":"9780521433952","price":83.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521433952i_bed3541e-913d-468f-9f64-d747464dd82f.jpg?v=1691381791","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/patronage-practice-and-the-culture-of-american-science-alexander-dallas-bache-and-the-u-s-coast-survey-hardback-9780521433952","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}