Abstract
The expansion of Australian universities after the Second World War was made possible by growing support from the Commonwealth government, which sought both to increase participation in higher education and promote research that would serve national purposes. This article considers the efforts of social scientists to persuade the government that their research had such utility. Through an examination of the endeavours of Mark Oliphant and Douglas Copland, it compares the fortunes of the physical and social sciences during the post-war period. It also suggests that the strategies adopted by social scientists had lasting consequences, and confirmed their subordinate status.
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