Engineering in American society, 1850-1875 / Raymond H. Merritt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merritt, Raymond H., 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering--United States--History.

Engineering.

Engineers--United States.

Engineers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1969.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Technology, 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.

Contents:

Cover; 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

Notes:

"Bibliographical essay": p. [177]-187.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813188058

0813188059

9780813163895

0813163897

OCLC:

596646110