To Advance Knowledge: The Growth of American Research Universities, 1900-1940 (Transaction Series in Higher Education)

by RogerL.Geiger (Author)

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  2004

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  This work relates how American research universities, by 1940, advanced from provincial outposts in the world of knowledge to leaders in critical areas of science. It examines the pre-conditions for the development of a university research role, which include the formation of academic disciplines.