Disrupting science : social movements, American scientists, and the politics of the military, 1945-1975 /

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Author / Creator:Moore, Kelly, 1962-
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Description:1 online resource (x, 311 pages)
Language:English
Series:Princeton studies in cultural sociology
Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11197697
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ISBN:9781400823802
1400823803
0691162093
9780691162096
0691113521
9780691113524
9780691113524
1282158945
9781282158948
9786612158940
6612158948
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.
English.
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Summary:In the decades following World War II, American scientists were celebrated for their contributions to social and technological progress. They were also widely criticized for their increasingly close ties to military and governmental power--not only by outside activists but from among the ranks of scientists themselves. Disrupting Science tells the story of how scientists formed new protest organizations that democratized science and made its pursuit more transparent. The book explores how scientists weakened their own authority even as they invented new forms of political action. Drawing exten.
Other form:Print version: Moore, Kelly, 1962- Disrupting science. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691113524 0691113521