E-Book, Englisch, 351 Seiten
Marsden / Smith Engineering Empires
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-230-50412-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
E-Book, Englisch, 351 Seiten
ISBN: 978-0-230-50412-7
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire.




