The money trail: a new historiography for networks, patronage and scientific careers

Casper Andersen; Jakob Bek-Thomsen; Peter C. Kjærgaard

doi:10.1086/666357

The money trail: a new historiography for networks, patronage and scientific careers

Casper Andersen, Jakob Bek-Thomsen, Peter C. Kjærgaard

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Abstract

Money is everywhere in science. Yet historians have only rarely placed the money trail at the center of their analyses. The essays in this Focus section demonstrate that following the money offers a historiographical path for investigating a number of key issues across disciplinary boundaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Drawing on cases and materials relating to a number of scientific fields, including electrical engineering, aeronautics, agriculture, and paleontology, the essays examine the continuous role of money in industrial and military patronage, personal connections and networks, and spatial and geographical dimensions of science, as well as in relation to state funding and ownership. Together, the contributions demonstrate how following the money offers a way of overcoming hyperprofessionalism in the history of science.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Isis
Vol/bind	103
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	310-315
Antal sider	6
ISSN	0021-1753
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1086/666357
Status	Udgivet - jun. 2012
Udgivet eksternt	Ja

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