Engineering in American Society: 1850-1875

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,

Author: Raymond H. Merritt
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9780813153759

About the Author

Raymond H. Merritt is assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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