I would be interested in getting a copy of your dissertation and will be happy to
pay for it.

I worked with a SftP group in Washington DC during the seventies.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: patrick a catt [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 2:23 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: History of SftP
>
> Dear Neil:
>
>         Offhand I would say wait until my dissertation is out later this
> year (cf. "Liberating Science: Radical Scientists in America, 1968-1974"),
> but if you need some sources in a hurry, you would do well to examine:
>
> * Kathy Greeley and Sue Tafler, "Science for the People: A Ten Year
>   Retrospective," SftP, 11 (No. 1, January/February 1979), 18-25.
>
> * Herb Fox, "A History of SESPA," SftP, 2 (No. 4, December 1970), 2-3.
>
> * Kelly Moore, "Organizing Intregity: American Science and Public Interest
>   Organizations, 1955-1975," AMER. J. SOCIOLOGY, 101 (No. 6, 1996),
>   1592-1627.
>
> * Jon Beckwith, "The Radical Science Movement in the United States,"
>   MONTHLY REVIEW, 38 (August 1986), 1198-28.
>
> * Donna Haraway, "The Transformation of the Left in Science: Radical
>   Associations in Britain in the '30s and the USA in the '60s," SOUNDINGS,
>   58 (1975), 441-62.
>
>         I hope this helps.
>
>                 Best,
>
>                  Pat
>
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> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Neil Jumonville wrote:
>
> > Can anyone tell me some good sources to consult to learn about the
> > formation and early history of SftP? I'm especially interested to know
> > about it during the mid to late 1970s--but also earlier, if it existed
> > earlier. I have access to some SftP magazines, although I haven't used them
> > yet. Are there any standard historical treatments of it out there? Thanks.
> >