From interwar to cold war: Selling field science in the United States, 1920s through 1950s

Earth Sciences History

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-78

  Korsmo, Fae ^a   Sfraga, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 9544246363     PISSN: 0736623X     EISSN: 19446187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17704/eshi.22.1.du8819810600gq16     Document Type: Article

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