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Social science for what? : battles over public funding for the "other sciences" at the National Science Foundation /

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How the NSF became an important yet controversial patron for the social sciences, influencing debates over their scientific status and social relevance. In the early Cold War years, the U.S. government established the National Science Foundation (NSF), a civilian agency that soon became widely known...

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Main Author: Solovey, Mark, 1964- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2020]
Subjects:
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Social sciences > Research > United States > History.
Research > United States > Finance > History.
Endowment of research > United States > History.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Electronic books.
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