Globalizing Polar Science

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction: Rise of Global Scientific Inquiry in the International Polar and Geophysical Years

   1. Introduction: Rise of Global Scientific Inquiry in the International Polar and Geophysical Years

      • Roger D. Launius, James Rodger Fleming, David H. DeVorkin

      Pages 1-9

3. Meanings, Interpretations, and Historiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. A Polar Perspective

      • Michael Aaron Dennis

      Pages 13-22

   3. Making Science Global? Coordinated Enterprises in Nineteenth-century Science

      • Marc Rothenberg

      Pages 23-35

   4. Publishing Arctic Science in the Nineteenth Century: The Case of the First International Polar Year

      • Philip N. Cronenwett

      Pages 37-46

   5. Toward the Poles: A Historiography of Scientific Exploration during the International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year

      • Roger D. Launius

      Pages 47-81

4. National Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Going Global in Polar Exploration: Nineteenth-century American and British Nationalism and Peacetime Science

      • Christopher Carter

      Pages 85-105

   3. Swedish Polar Policies from the First International Polar Year to the Present

      • Lisbeth Lewander

      Pages 107-121

   4. The Polar Years and Japan

      • William R. Stevenson III

      Pages 123-141

   5. China and the International Geophysical Year

      • Zuoyue Wang, Jiuchen Zhang

      Pages 143-155

5. Networked Personalities and Programs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Approaching the Southern Hemisphere: The German Pathway in the Nineteenth Century

      • Cornelia Lüdecke

      Pages 159-175

   3. Sydney Chapman: Dynamo behind the International Geophysical Year

      • Gregory A. Good

      Pages 177-203

   4. Lloyd Berkner and the International Geophysical Year Proposal in Context: With Some Comments on the Implications for the Comité Spéciale de l’Année Géophysique Internationale, CSAGI, Request for Launching Earth Orbiting Satellites

      • Allan A. Needell

      Pages 205-224

   5. Polar and Global Meteorology in the Career of Harry Wexler, 1933–62

      • James Rodger Fleming

      Pages 225-241

6. National Roles for International Science: Quests and Questions in the International Geophysical Year

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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   2. Science, Environment, and Sovereignty: The International Geophysical Year in the Antarctic Peninsula Region

      • Adrian Howkins

      Pages 245-264

   3. The International Geophysical Year in Antarctica: A Triumph of “Apolitical” Science, Politics, and Peace

      • Dian Olson Belanger

      Pages 265-278

The International Polar Years and the International Geophysical Year represented a remarkable international collaborative scientific effort that has been largely neglected by historians. This groundbreaking collection seeks to redress that neglect and illuminate critical aspects of the last 150 years of international scientific endeavour.

• America
• anthropology
• Case Studies
• China
• Earth Science
• environment
• German
• history
• inquiry
• interpret
• Japan
• prehistory
• publishing
• space
• time

"Provides an invaluable assessment of the evolution of worldwide research from the first IPY of 1882/83. Recommended." - CHOICE

• National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, USA

  Roger D. Launius, David H. DeVorkin

• Colby College, USA

  James Rodger Fleming

James Rodger Fleming is Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College and a research associate at Columbia University. He has written extensively on the social, cultural, and intellectual history of weather, climate, technology, and the environment. jfleming@colby.edu

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