文档介绍：SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
Wendy R. Sherman and Trish Yourst Koontz
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sherman, Wendy R., 1968–
Science and society in the twentieth century / by Wendy R. Sherman and Trish Yourst Koontz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–313–32214–7 (alk. paper)
1. Science—United States—History—20th century. 2. Science—Social aspects—United
States—History—20th century. I. Koontz, Trish Yourst. II. Title.
2004
'09'049—dc22 2004047579
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright © 2004 by Wendy R. Sherman and Trish Yourst Koontz
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2004047579
ISBN: 0–313–32214–7
First published in 2004
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this plies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the
National Information anization (-1984).
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For Brynne and Cameron
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For Wendi and Darci
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Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
CHAPTER ONE: THE DAWN OF A NEW CENTURY 1
Societal Context: Unrest at the Turn of the Century 1
Architecture & Engineering 3
Air-conditioning Improves Our Lives 3
Steel and Construction of the Skyscraper 5
Arts & Entertainment 7
Caruso’s Gramophone Recording 7
Communication 9
First Radio Transmission Across the Atlantic 9
Defense & Diplomacy 12
Second International Peace Conference of 1907
(Second Hague Conference) 12
Environment 13
Oil Exploration 13
Food & Agriculture 15
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle 15
Medicine & Health 18
The Royal Disease 18
viii Contents