Isbn: 9780571092161 - social history of engineering (3 risultati)

Condizione: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0571092160. …

Paperback. Covers slightly worn, otherwise very good. 379pp.

Laminated wrappers, 8vo, 23 cm, 3-379 pp, 32 plates. Contents: 1 From Stone to Metal; 2 The Greeks; 3 The Romans; 4 The Legacies of the East; 5 Anglo-French Civilization, 1100-1399; 6 Italian Ingenuity; 7 German Miners and Metallurgists, 1450-1650; 8 The Struggle with Water in Britain, 1540-1740; 9 The Power Révolution, 1740-1800; 10 French Influence and Example; 11 The Franco-British Wars, 1793-1815; 12 The Age of the Mechanical Engineer, 1815-1857; 13 New Horizons in Britain, 1815-1854; 14 The Crimean War and After, 1854-1857; 15 India: Challenge and Stimulant; 16 The American Civil War and After; 17 The German Exemplar; 18 The Generation of Electricity; 19 The Processing of Molecules to 1914; 20 The Internal Combustion Revolution to 1914; 21 Social Adjustment in Britain, 1867-1914; 22 The First World War and After, 1914-1935; 23 The American Oasis and the Twentieth Century; 24 The Awakening of the Russian Giant, 1920-1946; 25 Purpose and Planning in Britain, 1935-1945; 26 The Sinews of a New State, 1945-1968; 27 The Endless Frontier Appendix A: Bibliographies;B: List of Professional Institutions; C: Tomorrow's Technologies; Index of Subjects and Places; Index of Persons. Backstrip slightly pulled from textblock, covers a little creased, otherwise Good.…