Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2007 "Perhaps we can hit upon some medium of course": Rockefeller philanthropy, economic research, and the structure of social science--1911-1946 David Lee Seim Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Economic History Commons, Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies Commons, Social Welfare Commons, Theory, Knowledge and Science Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Seim, David Lee, ""Perhaps we can hit upon some medium of course": Rockefeller philanthropy, economic research, and the structure of social science--1911-1946" (2007). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 15502. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/15502 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “Perhaps we can hit upon some medium of course”: Rockefeller philanthropy, economic research, and the structure of social science–1911-1946 by David Lee Seim A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: History of Technology and Science Program of Study Committee: Hamilton Cravens, Major Professor James Andrews Amy Sue Bix Alan I Marcus Robert Hollinger Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2007 Copyright © David Lee Seim, 2007. All rights reserved. UMI Number: 3259444 Copyright 2007 by Seim, David Lee All rights reserved.