1st Edition
To Advance Knowledge The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940
By Roger L. Geiger
Copyright 2004
348 Pages
by
Routledge
348 Pages
by
Routledge
325 Pages
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Routledge
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American research universities are part of the foundation for the supremacy of American science. Although they emerged as universities in the late nineteenth century, the incorporation of research as a distinct part of their mission largely occurred after 1900. To Advance Knowledge relates how these institutions, by 1940, advanced from provincial outposts in the world of knowledge to leaders in... Read more
I: The Shaping of the American Research University, 1865-1920; The Conditions of University Research, 1900-1920; Research Universities from World War I to 1930; Foundations and University Research; The Privately Funded University Research System; The Research Universities in the 1930s
Biography
Roger L. Geiger
