VTechWorks staff will be away for the winter holidays starting Tuesday, December 24, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and will not be replying to requests during this time. Thank you for your patience, and happy holidays!
 

Brothers professionally and socially: the rise of local engineering clubs during the Gilded Age

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorMännikkö, Nancy Farmen
dc.contributor.committeechairHirsh, Richard F.en
dc.contributor.departmentScience and Technology Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:12:28Zen
dc.date.adate2007-05-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:12:28Zen
dc.date.issued1997-10-27en
dc.date.rdate2007-05-22en
dc.date.sdate2007-05-22en
dc.description.abstractScholars in the history and sociology of engineering in the United States have commented critically on the unwillingness of twentieth century engineers to participate actively in politics. Alfred Chandler, for example, has noted the absence of engineers in Progressive Era reform movements, while Edwin T. Layton Jr has criticized engineers in the 1920s for an excessive focus on sterile status seeking. This perceived lack of twentieth century engineering activism is especially puzzling given that nineteenth-century American engineers and engineering societies did not hesitate to lobby openly for clean water, smoke abatement, municipal reform, and numerous other issues.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentix, 318 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05222007-091438en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05222007-091438/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/27847en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1997.M366.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 39204933en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectGilded Ageen
dc.subjectvoluntary associationsen
dc.subjectProfessionalismen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1997.M366en
dc.titleBrothers professionally and socially: the rise of local engineering clubs during the Gilded Ageen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineScience and Technology Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
LD5655.V856_1997.M366.pdf
Size:
16.75 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

Collections

Doctoral Dissertations