LEADER 02565nam 2200589 450 001 9910787478103321 005 20220808224621.0 010 $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(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(MiAaPQ)EBC1915842 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000334638 100 $a20150122h19691969 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 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 1 $a1-322-60280-8 311 1 $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. 606 $aEngineering$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aEngineers$zUnited States 615 0$aEngineering$xHistory. 615 0$aEngineers 676 $a620/.00973 700 $aMerritt$b Raymond H.$f1936-$01194879 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787478103321 996 $aEngineering in American society, 1850-1875$93715783 997 $aUNINA