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A historical overview of the U.S. Congress’s growing dependency on scientific and technical advice, and the methods by which it has sought to obtain reliable, independent information.
“Placing Environmental History on Display.”
Environmental History 7 (October 2002): 566–88.
Discusses how and why environmental history should be integrated into exhibitions developed at both cultural and scientific institutions. The essay is a revised version of the author’s presidential address before the American Society for Environmental History.
A History of Science Policy in the United States, 1940–1985.
Background Report No. 1, prepared for the Task Force on Science Policy of the House Committee on Science and Technology. 99th Cong., 2d sess., 1986.
An examination of the policy issues and debates that shaped the relationship between government and science in the United States since 1940. Special attention is paid to the evolution of science policy planning mechanisms, along with the ongoing development of Executive agency science programs and the periodic attempts to coordinate the nation’s overall research efforts.
“At the Intersection of Histories: Technology and the Environment”
with Joel A. Tarr. Technology and Culture 39 (October 1998): 601–640.
A survey of publishing trends in the history of technology and environmental history that focuses on the growing number of works that have addressed the interplay of technology and the environment. It also suggests a range of opportunities for future research.
“The Green House.”
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy 15 (Fall 2000): 113–14.
A review essay of Dennis L. Soden’s edited book, The Environmental Presidency, which deals with the changing attitudes and actions toward natural resources among America’s chief executives.
"Government Funding of Scientific Instrumentation: A Review of U.S. Policy Debates since World War II,"
with Gregory A. Good. Science, Technology, & Human Values 11 (Summer 1986): 34–46.
A history of the evolving instrumentation needs of science and the various programs proposed and/or put in place by the federal government to help meet those needs.
“George Washington Goethals.”
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A biographical sketch of the civil engineer best known for his work on the Panama Canal.
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A compilation of works addressing the history of U.S. federal agency efforts to advance scientific research since World War II.
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A study of the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana, and of clocks and bells on other public buildings in the republic.
"An Early Factory Clock by Benjamin & Truman Hanks"
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"Keeping Time in Guyana"
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Attitudes to public timekeeping in present-day Guyana. Perception of time in the British colonies.
"Stabroek Market and the Public Clocks of the Co-Operative Republic of Guyana"
with David H. Shayt. Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, 1991.
A study of the Stabroek Market in Georgetown, Guyana, and of clocks and bells on other public buildings in the republic.
"An Early Factory Clock by Benjamin & Truman Hanks,"
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A study and description of a rare and important American mill clock purchased by NMAH.
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with David H. Shayt. Americas, Vol. 49, No. 6., Nov–Dec 1997, pp. 6–13. Washington, D.C.
Attitudes to public timekeeping in present-day Guyana. Perception of time in the British colonies.
A Renaissance Treasury: The Flagg Collection of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
by Laurie Winters. New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1999. pp. 25–45.
Catalogue entries and comments on the clocks in the Flagg Collection, as part of a larger catalog for a travelling exhibition.
"The Teodoro Vidal Collection: Creating Space for Latinos at the National Museum of American History,"
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“Shaping Military Women Since World War II.”
World Archaeology Congress, Washington, June 2003.
American womens' Cold War uniforms reflected official uncertainty about how the regular army's new women should look.
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with Barton C. Hacker. In “Sovereign Arms: Armies and Fleets in the World between Lepanto and the French Revolution, 1571–1789,” Rome, 2002.
On the necessary and vital roles women served in supporting the activities of early modern armies.
“From Camp Follower to Lady in Uniform: Women, Social Class and Military Institutions before 1920.”
with Barton C. Hacker. Contemporary European History 10 (2001): 353–73.
The relationship between women and military institutions altered radically from the mid 19th century to World War I, because of the changing place in society of both women and the military.
“Volunteers Inspired by Conscription: Uniformed Women in World War I”
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Civilian women in large numbers volunteered for military-related health and welfare services in World War I, donning military-style uniforms as a symbolic claim to full citizenship.
“The Inception of the World War II ‘Ike Jacket.’”
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