LEADER 02692nam 2200613 450 001 9910460696303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-8805-9 010 $a0-8131-6389-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000334638 035 $a(EBL)1915842 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001432865 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11778793 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432865 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11406208 035 $a(PQKB)10543391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1915842 035 $a(OCoLC)596646110 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse44359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1915842 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11005503 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL691562 035 $a(OCoLC)900345248 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334638 100 $a20150122h19691969 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEngineering in American society, 1850-1875 /$fRaymond H. Merritt 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d1969. 210 4$dİ1969 215 $a1 online resource (212 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-322-60280-8 311 $a0-8131-5375-1 320 $a"Bibliographical essay": p. [177]-187. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aTechnology, 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 b 606 $aEngineering$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEngineers$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEngineering$xHistory. 615 0$aEngineers 676 $a620/.00973 700 $aMerritt$b Raymond H.$f1936-$01052934 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460696303321 996 $aEngineering in American society, 1850-1875$92484497 997 $aUNINA