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Globalizing Polar Science

Reconsidering the International Polar and Geophysical Years

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Editors:
  1. Roger D. Launius

    1. National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, USA

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  2. James Rodger Fleming

    1. Colby College, USA

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  3. David H. DeVorkin

    1. National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  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

  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

  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
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About this book

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.

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

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, USA

    Roger D. Launius, David H. DeVorkin

  • Colby College, USA

    James Rodger Fleming

About the editors

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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