Constructing a bridge an exploration of engineering culture, design, and research in nineteenth-century France and America /
If it is true, as Tocqueville suggested, that social and class systems shape technology, research, and knowledge, then the effects should be visible both at the individual level and at the level of technical institutions and local environments. That is the central issue addressed in Constructing a B...
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| Main Author: |
Kranakis, Eda. |
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EBSCOhost. |
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eBook
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| Language: |
English
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| Published: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[1997]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xi, 453 pages) : illustrations.
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| Series: |
Inside technology.
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