Nielsen A.K., Štrbáňnová S. (Eds.) Creating Networks in Chemistry: The Founding and Early History of Chemical Societies in Europe

The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2008. – 429 p. – ISBN: 0854042792During the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century chemical societies were established all over Europe. The book focuses on this process and further development of the European chemical societies before World War I and in exceptional cases up to 1930.Austria: Austrian Chemical Societies in the Last Decades of the Habsburg Monarchy, 1869–1914
Belgium: From Industry to Academia: The Belgian Chemical Society, 1887–1914
Czech Lands: Chemical Societies as Multifunctional Social Elements in the Czech Lands, 1866–1919
Denmark: Creating a Danish Identity in Chemistry between Pharmacy and Engineering, 1879–1914
France: The Chemical Society of France in Its Formative Years, 1857–1914: Disciplinary Identity and the Struggle for Unity
Germany: Discipline – Industry – Profession. German Chemical Organizations, 1867–1914
Great Britain: Chemical Societies and the Demarcation of the British Chemical Community, 1870–1914
Hungary: Scientific Community of an Emancipating Nation: Chemical Societies in Hungary before 1914
The Netherlands: Keeping the Ranks Closed: The Dutch Chemical Society, 1903–1914
Norway: A Group of Chemists in the Polytechnic Society in Christiania. The Norwegian Chemical Society, 1893–1916
Poland: Chemists in a Divided Country. The Long-lasting Genesis and Early History of the Polish Chemical Society, 1767–1923
Portugal: Tackling a Complex Chemical Equation: The Portuguese Society of Chemistry, 1911–1926
Russia: The Formation of the Russian Chemical Society and Its History until 1914
Sweden: The Chemical Society in Sweden: Eclecticism in Chemistry, 1883–1914
Creating Networks in Chemistry – Some Lessons Learned