The Revolt of the Engineers : Social Responsibility and the American Engineering Profession.

LAYTON Jr., Edwin T

ISBN 10: 080183287X / ISBN 13: 9780801832871

Published by John Hopkins University Press, 1986

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xxii, 286pp, bright, unmarked.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Revolt of the Engineers : Social Responsibility and the American Engineering Profession.
• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080183287X
• ISBN 13: 9780801832871
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Awarded the Dexter Prize of the Society for the History of Technology."A thoroughgoing study of the engineering profession, emphasizing,and rightly so, its accommodation to business institutions. It is a book that is suggestive, challenging, and instructive."--Technology and Culture."First-rate."--American Historical Review.