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Edward C. Carter II began this project to create a souvenir for the American Philosophical Soc. (APS) 250th Anniversary Celebration in 1993. The APS is the oldest learned society in the U.S. and one of the most prestigious organizations of its kind in the world. The story of the APS and those men and women members who have helped promote useful knowledge throughout the years is an extraordinary story. The general observations on these achievements here are intended to serve as an introduction to this account of the APS. Now midway through its third century, its form and flavor remarkably little changed, the APS is engaged in promoting useful knowledge, as it has always been. Illustrations.
Price: $45.00
Pages: 118
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
Imprint: The American Philosophical Society Press
Publication Date:
01 January 1993
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780871699381
Format: Paperback
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"This fascinating history of one of America's oldest learned societies devotes one chapter to the period 1790-1848 during which it stood unchallenged as "the leader in all science in the young Republic" (19). During that time it was led by a series of distinguished Americans, including Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Dallas Bache, forged an alliance with the federal government, and pioneered the study of Native Americans..."