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A lever long enough : a history of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1864 / Robert McCaughey.
LIBRA T171.F854 M33 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCaughey, Robert A., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science--History.
- Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 338 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- 1 Engineering in America-Before Engineers 1
- 2 Fast Start 1 864-1889 21
- 3 A Corner in the University 1889-1929 55
- 4 The Great Depression and the Good War 1930-1945 91
- 5 Missing the Boat 1945-1964 116
- 6 Bottoming Out 1965-1975 155
- 7 Catching a Lift 1976-1980 175
- 8 Uneven Ascent 1980-1994 190
- 9 A School in Full 1995-2007 216
- 10 A Lever Long Enough: Seas at One Hundred Fifty 246.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231166881
- 0231166885
- 9780231537520
- 0231537522
- OCLC:
- 863199860
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