A social history of engineering
1976, First Edition. London : Faber and Faber. Very good cloth library copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to edges and prelims; some library marks remain. A well-preserved example overall; internally strong and clean. Item #477614
ISBN: 0571048641
Series; Technology today and tomorrow. Physical description; 381 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-355) and indexes. Contents; From stone to metal – The Greeks – The Romans – The legacies of the East – Anglo-French civilisation, 1100-1399 – Italian ingenuity – German miners and metallurgists, 1450-1650 – The struggle with water in Britain, 1540-1740 – The power revolution, 1740-1800 – French influence and example – The Franco-British wars, 1793-1815 – The age of the mechanical engineer, 1815-1857 – New horizons in Britain, 1815-1854 – The Crimean War and after, 1854-1857 – India : challenge and stimulant – The American Civil War and after – The German exemplar – The generation of electricity – The processing of molecules to 1914 – Social adjustment in Britain, 1867-1914 – The First World War and after, 1914-1935 – The American oasis and the twentieth century – The awakening of the Russian giant, 1920-1946 – Purpose and planning in Britain 1935-1945 – The supranational imperative, 1945-74 – The endless frontier. Subjects; Engineering – History – 20th century. Engineering – Social aspects – History – 20th century.
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