Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America
The debate over scientists' social responsibility is a topic of great controversy today. Peter J. Kuznick here traces the origin of that debate to the 1930s and places it in a context that forces a reevaluation of the relationship between science and politics in twentieth-century America. Kuznick reveals how an influential segment of the American scientific community during the Depression era underwent a profound transformation in its social values and political beliefs, replacing a once-pervasive conservatism and antipathy to political involvement with a new ethic of social reform.
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Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America
The debate over scientists' social responsibility is a topic of great controversy today. Peter J. Kuznick here traces the origin of that debate to the 1930s and places it in a context that forces a reevaluation of the relationship between science and politics in twentieth-century America. Kuznick reveals how an influential segment of the American scientific community during the Depression era underwent a profound transformation in its social values and political beliefs, replacing a once-pervasive conservatism and antipathy to political involvement with a new ethic of social reform.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780226676203 |
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| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication date: | 09/08/2019 |
| Edition description: | Reprint |
| Pages: | 374 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d) |
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