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Alexander Dallas Bache
Building the American Nation through Science and Education in the Nineteenth Century
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Artikel-Nr:
9783593393551
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur
Seiten:
353
Autor:
Axel Jansen
Gewicht:
464 g
Format:
213x142x26 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Axel Jansen, PD Dr., lehrte an den Universitäten Tübingen, Heidelberg, Frankfurt am Main und Kassel sowie an der University of California, Los Angeles; seit 2016 ist er Stellvertretender Direktor des Deutschen Historischen Instituts Washington.
Alexander Dallas Bache war der Architekt des amerikanischen Wissenschaftssystems im 19. Jahrhundert, ein amerikanischer Wilhelm von Humboldt. Als die USA im Bürgerkrieg zu zerbrechen drohten, gelang Bache 1863 die Gründung der »National Academy of Sciences«. Im Namen der Wissenschaft schuf Bache damit ein Zeichen für den Fortbestand der Nation. Auf originelle Weise verknüpft Axel Jansen Biografieanalyse mit Wissenschafts- und Politikgeschichte.
Alexander Dallas Bache war der Architekt des amerikanischen Wissenschaftssystems im 19. Jahrhundert, ein amerikanischer Wilhelm
von Humboldt. Als die USA im Bürgerkrieg zu zerbrechen drohten, gelang Bache 1863 die Gründung der "National Academy of Sciences". Im Namen der Wissenschaft schuf Bache damit ein Zeichen für den Fortbestand der Nation. Auf originelle Weise verknüpft Axel Jansen Biografieanalyse mit Wissenschafts- und Politikgeschichte.
"Axel Jansen's writing is exemplary in its deployment of close readings and literary perspectives to rethink large issues in the history of American science and the American state."
Theodore M. Porter, UCLA
"This challenging new perspective is a must-read for anyone interested in the various roots of modern science and professionalism."
James C. Mohr, College of Arts and Sciences Professor of History and Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences, University of Oregon
"This is a book historians will not fail to read."
Thomas Haskell, Rice University
von Humboldt. Als die USA im Bürgerkrieg zu zerbrechen drohten, gelang Bache 1863 die Gründung der "National Academy of Sciences". Im Namen der Wissenschaft schuf Bache damit ein Zeichen für den Fortbestand der Nation. Auf originelle Weise verknüpft Axel Jansen Biografieanalyse mit Wissenschafts- und Politikgeschichte.
"Axel Jansen's writing is exemplary in its deployment of close readings and literary perspectives to rethink large issues in the history of American science and the American state."
Theodore M. Porter, UCLA
"This challenging new perspective is a must-read for anyone interested in the various roots of modern science and professionalism."
James C. Mohr, College of Arts and Sciences Professor of History and Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences, University of Oregon
"This is a book historians will not fail to read."
Thomas Haskell, Rice University
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments9
1. Introduction
The Curious Case of Alexander Dallas Bache11
The Revised Theory of Professionalization14
Science as a Profession and the American Nation-State18
Approach and Methodology21
Investigative Agenda25
2. Family Background
The Franklin and Bache Families27
The Dallas Family33
Tertium Quid37
Sophia Dallas Bache41
Richard Bache's Failure45
3. A Career in Science?
West Point50
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers59
National Purpose64
4. Early Research and Institutional Development
Scientist or Administrator?66
Bache at the University of Pennsylvania67
The Urban Setting70
The Franklin Institute's Raison d'Être73
The Report on Steam Boiler Explosions79
Weights and Measures92
The Debate on Meteor Showers105
Research Interests and Institutional Development:
Common Denominators117
5.Girard College and Central High School, 1836-1842
Girard College as a Political Symbol126
The Design and Ambition of Greek Revivalism133
Bache's European Trip and the Bache-Biddle Correspondence137
More on Bache's European Tour150
Central High School159
Bache Ejected166
6. Bache's Program for National Consolidation I
Bache's 1842 Address on "American Manufactures"173
American Mythology174
Prospects for Consolidating the American Nation183
"This Most August Sovereign"189
Elites in the American Republic194
7.Bache's Program for National Consolidation II
The United States Coast Survey197
The National Institute205
Bache's Speech at the 1844 Meeting of the National Institute209
European Conditions215
Developing American Science218
Guarding the Palladium222
American Science by an American Union231
8.Bache's Program for National Consolidation III
The American Association for the Advancement of Science236
Bache's 1851 Speech as Outgoing AAAS President238
9. Bache, Benjamin Peirce, and the Lazzaroni in 1854
A National Club248
"The Dark Prospect Appalls Me"251
"A Victory for the Evil One"275
President of an Invisible National Academy281
10.The 1863 Founding of the National Academy of Sciences
The Timing285
The Bache-Lieber Correspondence287
"Ignorant of Scriptural Injunctions"294
More on the Bache-Lieber Correspondence306
The Founding of the National Academy of Sciences308
11.Conclusion
A New Paradigm for Writing the History of Nineteenth-Century American Science as a Profession315
Coordinates of Alexander Dallas Bache's Career320
List of Figures327
Selected Bibliography
Manuscripts and Archival Material328
Printed Primary Sources329
Books and Articles333
Index345
Acknowledgments9
1. Introduction
The Curious Case of Alexander Dallas Bache11
The Revised Theory of Professionalization14
Science as a Profession and the American Nation-State18
Approach and Methodology21
Investigative Agenda25
2. Family Background
The Franklin and Bache Families27
The Dallas Family33
Tertium Quid37
Sophia Dallas Bache41
Richard Bache's Failure45
3. A Career in Science?
West Point50
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers59
National Purpose64
4. Early Research and Institutional Development
Scientist or Administrator?66
Bache at the University of Pennsylvania67
The Urban Setting70
The Franklin Institute's Raison d'Être73
The Report on Steam Boiler Explosions79
Weights and Measures92
The Debate on Meteor Showers105
Research Interests and Institutional Development:
Common Denominators117
5.Girard College and Central High School, 1836-1842
Girard College as a Political Symbol126
The Design and Ambition of Greek Revivalism133
Bache's European Trip and the Bache-Biddle Correspondence137
More on Bache's European Tour150
Central High School159
Bache Ejected166
6. Bache's Program for National Consolidation I
Bache's 1842 Address on "American Manufactures"173
American Mythology174
Prospects for Consolidating the American Nation183
"This Most August Sovereign"189
Elites in the American Republic194
7.Bache's Program for National Consolidation II
The United States Coast Survey197
The National Institute205
Bache's Speech at the 1844 Meeting of the National Institute209
European Conditions215
Developing American Science218
Guarding the Palladium222
American Science by an American Union231
8.Bache's Program for National Consolidation III
The American Association for the Advancement of Science236
Bache's 1851 Speech as Outgoing AAAS President238
9. Bache, Benjamin Peirce, and the Lazzaroni in 1854
A National Club248
"The Dark Prospect Appalls Me"251
"A Victory for the Evil One"275
President of an Invisible National Academy281
10.The 1863 Founding of the National Academy of Sciences
The Timing285
The Bache-Lieber Correspondence287
"Ignorant of Scriptural Injunctions"294
More on the Bache-Lieber Correspondence306
The Founding of the National Academy of Sciences308
11.Conclusion
A New Paradigm for Writing the History of Nineteenth-Century American Science as a Profession315
Coordinates of Alexander Dallas Bache's Career320
List of Figures327
Selected Bibliography
Manuscripts and Archival Material328
Printed Primary Sources329
Books and Articles333
Index345