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Merritt Raymond H. <1936-> |
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Engineering in American society, 1850-1875 / / Raymond H. Merritt |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1969 |
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©1969 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-8805-9 |
0-8131-6389-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (212 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Engineering - United States - History |
Engineers - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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"Bibliographical essay": p. [177]-187. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1: The Functional Professional; 2: The Functional Intellectual; 3: The Professional Executives; 4: The Cosmopolitan; 5 : The Manipulators of Nature; 6: The Metropolitan; 7: Engineering and Urbanization; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Technology, which has significantly changed Western man's way of life over the past century, exerted a powerful influence on American society during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. In this study Raymond H. Merritt focuses on the engineering profession, in order to describe not only the vital role that engineers played in producing a technological society but also to note the changes they helped to bring about in American education, industry, professional status, world perspectives, urban existence, and cultural values. |
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