Автор: Wisnioski, Matthew H. Название: Engineers for Change ISBN: 0262018268 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780262018265 Издательство: MIT Press Рейтинг: Цена: 923.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание:
An account of conflicts within engineering in the 1960s that helped shape our dominant contemporary understanding of technological change as the driver of history.
In the late 1960s an eclectic group of engineers joined the antiwar and civil rights activists of the time in agitating for change. The engineers were fighting to remake their profession, challenging their fellow engineers to embrace a more humane vision of technology. In Engineers for Change, Matthew Wisnioski offers an account of this conflict within engineering, linking it to deep-seated assumptions about technology and American life.
The postwar period in America saw a near-utopian belief in technology's beneficence. Beginning in the mid-1960s, however, society--influenced by the antitechnology writings of such thinkers as Jacques Ellul and Lewis Mumford--began to view technology in a more negative light. Engineers themselves were seen as conformist organization men propping up the military-industrial complex. A dissident minority of engineers offered critiques of their profession that appropriated concepts from technology's critics. These dissidents were criticized in turn by conservatives who regarded them as countercultural Luddites. And yet, as Wisnioski shows, the radical minority spurred the professional elite to promote a new understanding of technology as a rapidly accelerating force that our institutions are ill-equipped to handle. The negative consequences of technology spring from its very nature--and not from engineering's failures. "Sociotechnologists" were recruited to help society adjust to its technology. Wisnioski argues that in responding to the challenges posed by critics within their profession, engineers in the 1960s helped shape our dominant contemporary understanding of technological change as the driver of history.
Автор: Rossi Название: Ancient Engineers` Inventions ISBN: 3319444751 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319444758 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 19564.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book describes the inventions and designs of ancient engineers who are the precursors of the present. The period ranges mainly from 300 B.C. to 1600 A.D. with several exceptions. Many of the oldest inventions are documented by archaeological finds, often very little known, mainly from Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae and reveal a surprising modernity in their conception.Most of the inventions presented in the first four parts of this book were conceived up to the late Roman Empire and may be considered as milestones, each in their respective field. The fifth part concentrates on more recent centuries. The sixth part deals with some building construction techniques.Generally, for each of the presented inventions, three elements of research and reference are provided: written documents (the classics), iconic references (coins, bas-reliefs, etc.) and archaeological findings.The authors did not write this book for engineers only; hence they describe all the devices without assuming wide technical knowledge. The authors’ main aim is to try to communicate their enthusiasm for the inventions and the inventors of the past and to contribute to the fascinating study of the History of Engineering.This second edition includes new topics and chapters that are of special interest to engineers.
Автор: Stevenson Название: Records of a Family of Engineers ISBN: 1108026613 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108026611 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), novelist and poet, was descended from a famous Scottish engineering family, particularly known for lighthouse construction. This family history, published in 1912, vividly recounts his ancestors` professional and private lives, and includes his grandfather`s account of the building of the Bell Rock lighthouse.
Автор: Mungello, D. E. Название: Curious Land ISBN: 0824812190 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824812195 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3637.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 1835 journalist Henry Saxelby Melville (1799-1873) was jailed for contempt of court over his coverage of a trial in Van Diemen`s Land, Australia. He used this time to write a critical account of the colony`s history and prison system, which was smuggled to England and published in 1835.
Описание: Migration and intermarriage between Mexican women and men from Asia, Europe, and the United States transformed Baja California into a multicultural society. This book tells the story of working-class communities and how they constituted the racially and ethnically diverse landscape of Baja California from 1850 to 1954.
Автор: Kumar Название: Land and Caste in South India ISBN: 1107644720 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107644724 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Originally published in 1965, this book presents a study of Indian agricultural workers in the Madras Presidency region during the nineteenth century. The text incorporates analysis of changes in population, in cultivation, the distribution of land among landlords, tenants and labourers, and discussion of the economic and social status of the labourer.
Автор: Bunton, Martin Название: Colonial land policies in palestine 1917-1936 ISBN: 0199211086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199211081 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 23364.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Focuses on the way in which the Palestine Mandate was part of British imperial administration. This book also presents an argument that land officials` views on sound land management were derived from their own experiences of rural England, and this was more influential on the shaping of land policies than the promise of a Jewish National Home.
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