Engineering Empires

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Engineering Empires
Engineering Empires
Author : B. Marsden
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 07 December 2004
ISBN : 9780230504127
Pages : 351 pages
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Engineering Empires by B. Marsden Book PDF Summary

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.

Engineering Empires

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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.

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