02692nam 2200613 450 991046069630332120200520144314.00-8131-8805-90-8131-6389-7(CKB)3710000000334638(EBL)1915842(SSID)ssj0001432865(PQKBManifestationID)11778793(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432865(PQKBWorkID)11406208(PQKB)10543391(MiAaPQ)EBC1915842(OCoLC)596646110(MdBmJHUP)muse44359(Au-PeEL)EBL1915842(CaPaEBR)ebr11005503(CaONFJC)MIL691562(OCoLC)900345248(EXLCZ)99371000000033463820150122h19691969 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEngineering in American society, 1850-1875 /Raymond H. MerrittLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1969.©19691 online resource (212 p.)Includes index.1-322-60280-8 0-8131-5375-1 "Bibliographical essay": p. [177]-187.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; YTechnology, 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.During the development period of 1850-1875, engineers erected bEngineeringUnited StatesHistoryEngineersUnited StatesElectronic books.EngineeringHistory.Engineers620/.00973Merritt Raymond H.1936-1052934MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460696303321Engineering in American society, 1850-18752484497UNINA