A social history of engineering / W.H.G. Armytage.
By: Armytage, W. H. G [author.]
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: [Cambridge, Massachusetts] : MIT Press, [2003]Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2003]Description: 1 PDF (381 pages, [16] leaves of plates) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262310932; 057104865X.Subject(s): Engineering -- History | Engineering -- Great Britain -- History | Technology and civilizationGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 620/.009 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: A Social History of Engineering shows how social and economic conditions in each age have precipitated advances in engineering. There are, in short, economic, political, and philosophical implications in changing technologies. While the book begins with the Stone Age, the Greeks, and the Romans, the bulk of the volume concentrates on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A Social History of Engineering reflects Professor Armytage's special subject area interests, namely nineteenth-century industrial society, radical and socialist movements, the history of professional organization, and the study of higher and technical education.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-355).
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A Social History of Engineering shows how social and economic conditions in each age have precipitated advances in engineering. There are, in short, economic, political, and philosophical implications in changing technologies. While the book begins with the Stone Age, the Greeks, and the Romans, the bulk of the volume concentrates on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A Social History of Engineering reflects Professor Armytage's special subject area interests, namely nineteenth-century industrial society, radical and socialist movements, the history of professional organization, and the study of higher and technical education.
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