Engineers in Western Europe: Ascent--And Decline?: A Profession Torn Between Technology and Economy, 1850-1990, with Outlooks to the Present

By Rolf Torstendahl

Book Overview

From Guild Traditions to Profession.- Professional Consciousness: Engineers Associations (approx. 1850-1930).- Knowledge, Careers and Mobility: Engineers from Institutes in Numbers and Idividually (1880-1990).- A Peak of Engineers Industrial Power and new Competitors (approx. 1930-1990).- The Impact of Engineers in Western Europe 1850-1990.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030574377
• ISBN13: 9783030574376
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 333 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"