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Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

 
Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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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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EAN/ISBN:
9780230507043
Edition:
2005
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
364
Publication date:
2007-09-15
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Manufacturer:
Unknown
EAN/ISBN:
9780230507043
Edition:
2005
Medium:
Paperback
Number of pages:
364
Publication date:
2007-09-15
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Manufacturer:
Unknown

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