U.S. Coast Survey Vs. Naval Hydrographic Office: A 19Th-Century Rivalry in Science and Politics (History of American Science and Technology Series)

By Thomas G. Manning

This historical study examines a crucial phase of the relations of science and politics in the post-Civil War period: the long rivalry between the civilian Coast Survey and the military Hydrographic... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817303901
• ISBN13: 9780817303907
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.8"