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

Publication Info.	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
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Description	1 online resource (x, 311 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Princeton studies in cultural sociology
	Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-291) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The expansion and critiques of science-military ties, 1945-1970 -- Scientists as moral individuals : Quakerism and the Society for Social Responsibility in Science -- Information and political neutrality : liberal science activism and the St. Louis Committee for Nuclear Information -- Confronting liberalism : the anti-Vietnam War movement and the ABM debate, 1965-1969 -- Doing "Science for the People" : enactments of a new left politics of science -- Conclusions : disrupting the social and moral order of science.
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.
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Subject	Science -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Science -- Social aspects.
	United States.
	History.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Science -- Political aspects.
	Science.
	Scientists -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Scientists -- Political activity.
	Scientists.
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
	Electronic books -- History.
Other Form:	Print version: Moore, Kelly, 1962- Disrupting science. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008 9780691113524 0691113521 (DLC) 2007019974 (OCoLC)128237783
ISBN	9781400823802 (electronic book)
	1400823803 (electronic book)
	0691162093 (electronic book)
	9780691162096 (electronic book)
	0691113521 (cloth)
	9780691113524 (cloth)
	9780691113524 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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