Oleson, A. & Voss, J. (Eds.). (1979). The Organization of knowledge in modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Contents
Introduction Alexandra Oleson and John Voss vii
Acknowledgments xxiii
Overview
The Matrix of Specialization John Higham 3
The Order of Learning in the United States: The Ascendancy of the University Edward Shils 19
The Specialization of Science and Scholarship
The Plural Organized Worlds of the Humanities Laurence Veysey 51
The Development of the Social Sciences Dorothy Ross 107
The Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry Communities: A Comparative Analysis Daniel Kevles 139
The Transformation of a Science: T. H. Morgan and the Emergence of a New American Biology Garland Allen 173
The Organization of the Agricultural Sciences Margaret W. Rossiter 211
The Application of Science to Industry John Rae 249
The American Economy and the Reorganization of the Sources of Knowledge Louis Galambos 269
The Institutional Context of Learning
University Identity: The Teaching and Research Functions Hugh Hawkins 285
National Science Policy in a Private Foundation: The Carnegie Institution of Washington Nathan Reingold 313
The National Academy of Sciences and the American Definition of Science A. Hunter Dupree 342
Storehouses and Workshops: American Libraries and the Uses of Knowledge John Y. Cole 364
From Learned Society to Public Museum: The Boston Society of Natural History Sally Gregory Kohlstedt 386
Comparison and Commentary
The German Academic Community Fritz K. Ringer 409
The Lamp of Learning: Popular Lights and Shadows Neil Harris 430
Toward an Ecology of Knowledge: On Discipline, Context, and History Charles Rosenberg 440
List of Contributors 456
Index 459
Birger Hjørland
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Entries as bibliographical references:
Allen, G. (1979). The Transformation of a Science: T. H. Morgan and the Emergence of a New American Biology. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 173-210.
Cole, J. Y. (1979). Storehouses and Workshops: American Libraries and the Uses of Knowledge. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 364-385.
Dupree, A. H. (1979). The National Academy of Sciences and the American Definition of Science. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 342-363.
Galambos, L. (1979). The American Economy and the Reorganization of the Sources of Knowledge. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 269-282.
Harris, N. (1979). The Lamp of Learning: Popular Lights and Shadows. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 430-439.
Hawkins, H. (1979). University Identity: The Teaching and Research Functions. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 285-312.
Higham, J. (1979). The Matrix of Specialization. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 3-18.
Kevles, D. (1979). The Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry Communities: A Comparative Analysis. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 139-172.
Kohlstedt, S. G. (1979). From Learned Society to Public Museum: The Boston Society of Natural History.
IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 386-406.
Oleson, A. & Voss, J. (1979). Introduction. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. vii-xxi.
Rae, J. (1979). The Application of Science to Industry. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 249-268.
Reingold, N. (1979). National Science Policy in a Private Foundation: The Carnegie Institution of Washington. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 313-341.
Ringer, F. K. (1979). The German Academic Community. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 409-429.
Rosenberg, C. (1979). Toward an Ecology of Knowledge: On Discipline, Context, and History. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 440-455.
Ross, D. (1979). The Development of the Social Sciences. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 107-138.
Rossiter, M. (1979). The Organization of the Agricultural Sciences. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.211-248.
Shils, E. (1979). The Order of Learning in the United States: The Ascendancy of the University. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 19-47.
Veysey, L. (1979). The Plural Organized Worlds of the Humanities. IN: A. Oleson and J. Voss, eds., The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America, 1860-1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 51-106.