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Author Nieto-Galan, Agustí, author.

Title The politics of chemistry : science and power in twentieth-century Spain / Agusti Nieto-Galan
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Series Science in history
Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
Contents Cover; Half-title page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Biographies of Power; A Political Chemistry; 1 Dreams of Modernity; Cosmopolitanism; Laboratories and Schools; Useful Chemistry; 2 A Republican Science; A New Enlightenment; Nobel Visitors; The Silver Age of Industry; 3 War Weapons; A Chemical Civil War; A Damaged Community; Tortured Skills; 4 Totalitarian Ambitions; Fascist Chemistry; Chemistry and Religion; 5 Autarchic Ambiguities; 'Our' Chemicals
'Technical' ChemistryChemical Diplomacy; 6 Technocratic Progress; 'Neutral' Expertise; Cold War Allies; Corporate Chemistry; 7 Liberal Dissent; Chemists in Exile; Internal Refugees; Conclusion: The Moral Ambiguity of Chemistry; Pure-Applied Chemistry; Modernisation Paradoxes; A Troubled Identity; Chemists as Intellectuals; History and Memory; Addendum: Juan Julio Bonet Sugrañes (1940-2006); Bibliography; Index
Summary Nieto-Galan examines the political role of chemistry in twentieth-century Spain, enriching understandings of the relationship between science and power
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 05, 2019)
Subject Chemistry -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Chemistry -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Science -- Social aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Science -- Political aspects -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
Science and state.
Chemistry -- Social aspects
Science and state
Science -- Political aspects
Science -- Social aspects
Spain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108600903
1108600905
9781108687614
110868761X