LEADER 03442nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910819272303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-32301-7 010 $a1-315-65575-6 010 $a1-317-32302-5 010 $a1-283-29197-5 010 $a9786613291974 010 $a1-84893-119-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315655758 035 $a(CKB)2550000000050196 035 $a(EBL)784783 035 $a(OCoLC)756484840 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000632883 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11441976 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632883 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10616009 035 $a(PQKB)11105572 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2126803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4015283 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510896 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784783 035 $a(OCoLC)958105768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784783 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781848931190 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000050196 100 $a20111130d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBritish engineers and Africa, 1875-1914 /$fby Casper Andersen 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cPickering & Chatto$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 229 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEmpires in perspective ;$vno. 16 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-84893-118-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAfrica, imperial communication and the engineering press -- Engineers in imperial London -- Engineering networks and the great George Street clique -- Empire in the Institution of Civil Engineers -- Explorer-engineers and gentlemen in the public eye -- Vandals and civilizers in Aswan and London. 330 $aBritain's race for Africa continues to draw significant scholarly interest. Traditionally, studies have focused on well-documented figures such as explorers, missionaries and capitalists. Working against the trend, this is the first book to concentrate solely on the role of engineers. It analyses the imperial diasporas, identities and networks that developed as the British engineering profession established connections on the African continent. Using a wide range of primary sources that include correspondence, diaries, technical reports, institutional minutes and periodicals, Andersen reconstructs the networks and activities of Britain's engineers while focusing on London as an imperial engineering centre. By treating Britain and the empire as an interconnected zone, he analyses the ways in which ideas, people and technologies circulated during this period. 410 0$aEmpires in perspective ;$vno. 16. 606 $aEngineering$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aEngineering$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAfrica$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAfrica$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aEngineering$xHistory 615 0$aEngineering$xHistory 676 $a620.0094109034 676 $a620.0094109034 700 $aAndersen$b Casper$01696960 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819272303321 996 $aBritish engineers and Africa, 1875-1914$94077315 997 $aUNINA