Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. Tables xi
5. Introduction 1
6. I. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology 15
7. II. Ménage à Trois: The University, Federal Support, and the Instrumentation Laboratory 25
8. III. First Strike: The Research Stowage on March 4, 1969 54
9. IV. Reconnaissance: The Pounds Panel 66
10. V. Accommodations and Negotiations 86
11. VI. Student Offensive: Confrontation and Crisis 101
12. VII. The Decision to Divest 125
13. VIII. Universities and the Ethic of Responsibility 146
14. Appendix I. Contrasting Assumptions of C. S. Draper and the Activists 157
15. Appendix II. Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, October 22, 1969 168
16. Appendix II./ Statement by President Howard W. Johnson on the Special Laboratories, May 20, 1970 178
17. A Note on the Program on Science, Technology, and Society 185
18. Abbreviations 187
19. Index 189