New Profession, Old Order : Engineers and German Society, 1815-1914

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ISBN 10: 0521371988 / ISBN 13: 9780521371988

Published by Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1990

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357 pages. Signature on end paper. . Previously owned (evidence of normal light use etc) clean hardback in dust jacket. New Profession, Old Order : Engineers and German Society, 1815-1914.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Profession, Old Order : Engineers and German Society, 1815-1914
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521371988
• ISBN 13: 9780521371988
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

New Profession, Old Order is an exploration of the creative tension between modern technology and preindustrial Germany. It concentrates on the social and educational history of engineers as a microcosm of the larger society between 1815 and 1914, and asks why this new occupation, so successful in transforming the physical world, did not achieve the professional power, cohesion and prestige that its technological accomplishments would seem to have warranted. The author proposes answers that center on the historical situation in which the engineering profession found itself. He develops his thesis through careful consideration of the strategies, organization, and development of technical education in nineteenth-century Prussia, the educational struggles and political debates of German engineers and their various associations, changing career prospects, and the relations between engineering management, salaried employees, professionalizers, and government. The result is a study that demonstrates the seamless links between Germany's long-term socioeconomic modernization and its temporary political traumatization.

Book Description

New Profession, Old Order explores the creative tension between modern technology and preindustrial Germany. It offers an explanation of why the engineering profession is so successful in transforming the physical world, did not achieve the professional power, cohesion, and prestige that its technological accomplishments would seem to have warranted.