Government in science : the U.S. Geological Survey, 1867--1894 /
From its very inception in 1879 until the twentieth century, the U.S. Geological Survey was embroiled in congressional politics. These early years, Thomas G. Manning shows, heralded the complex relations of contemporary science and government. Born out of rivalry between several scientific parties,...
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The University Press of Kentucky,
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Federal science in the trans-Mississippi west after 1865
- Ch. 2. The founding of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1879
- Ch. 3. A bureau of mines and mining
- Ch. 4. Research in geology and paleontology
- Ch. 5. Advancement in topography: the national map
- Ch. 6. The new position of practical science
- Ch. 7. Congress grants permanence, 1886
- Ch. 8. Yellowstone Park: the geological survey and conservation
- Ch. 9. The irrigation survey: science and reform
- Ch. 10. Interval of decline, 1892-1894
- Ch. 11. Epilogue: the survey in the twentieth century.