{"product_id":"forged-consensus-science-technology-and-economic-policy-in-the-united-states-19211953-9780691146546","title":"Forged Consensus  Science Technology and Economic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to the creation myth of post-World War II federal science and technology policy, the postwar policy sprang full-blown from the mind of Vannevar Bush in the form of Science, the Endless Frontier (1945). Challenging this myth, this title puts Bush's efforts in a larger historical and political context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative new book... It is a book to read, reread, ponder, and argue about, a major work on political language.\"--Rhetoric and Public Affairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefaceAbbreviationsCh. 1The Malleability of American Liberalism and the Making of Public Policy3Ch. 2The Republican Ascendancy and the Crash: Associative Undercurrents in a Conservative Era, 1921-193230Ch. 3Trial and Error: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the First Roosevelt Administration, 1933-193662Ch. 4Breaking Bottlenecks and Blockades: The Heyday of Reform Liberalism, 1937-1940, and Its Postwar Consequences83Ch. 5Old Fights, New Accommodations: Wartime Experiments and the Demise of Reform Liberalism, 1940-1945117Ch. 6Groping toward Management: Science, Technology, and Macro-and Microeconomic Policy, 1945-1950145Ch. 7\"The Crescendo of Hideous Invention\": The National Security State Comes of Age, 1945-1953175Ch. 8The Past in the Present: The \"Hybrid\" in the Cold War and Beyond206Bibliography235Index259","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403776532823,"sku":"9780691146546","price":33.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691146546.jpg?v=1730484509","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/forged-consensus-science-technology-and-economic-policy-in-the-united-states-19211953-9780691146546","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}