The Pursuit of knowledge in the early American Republic
Subtitle: American scientific and learned societies from colonial times to the Civil War
By: edited by Alexandra Oleson and Sanborn C. Brown.
Contributors: Oleson, Alexandra, 1939-; Brown, Sanborn Conner, 1913-; American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Learned institutions and societies -- United States -- History -- Congresses
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers from a five-day workshop held by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, in Cape Newagen, Me., June 1973.