Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations and Tables ix
4. Foreword xiv
5. Prologue: Fieldnotes from the Badlands xvii
6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxii
7. Abbreviations xxv
8. Chronology A Lists of Relevant Leadership xxvii
9. Chronology B Geologic Time Scale xxxi
10. Chronology C Fossil Exhibits Timeline xxxii
11. Introduction 1
12. Chapter 1 Increase and Diffusion: Early Fossil Exhibits and a History of Institutional Culture 27
13. Chapter 2 Group Dynamics: Exhibit Meetings and Expertise 56
14. Chapter 3 Group Dynamics: The Roots of Team Frictions and Complementarities 108
15. Chapter 4 Content Development Debates about Interconnected Processes and Static Things 135
16. Chapter 5 Content Development: The Roots of Interpretive Frictions and Complementarities 189
17. Chapter 6 Diffusion and Increase: Shifts in Institutional Culture from Modernization to Now 215
18. Chapter 7 Conclusion 248
19. Coda The Nation’s T. rex 258
20. Appendix A Consent Form 261
21. Appendix B Interview Questionnaires 265
22. Bibliography 272
23. Index 291