Machine-age ideology : social engineering and American liberalism, 1911-1939 /

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In this multidisciplinary work, John Jordan traces the significant influence on American politics of a most unlikely hero: the professional engineer. Jordan shows how technical triumphs - bridges, radio broadcasting, airplanes, automobiles, skyscrapers, and electrical power - inspired social and pol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jordan, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Engineering > Social aspects > United States > History.
Ingénierie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Engineering > Social aspects
Social conditions
Liberalisme.
Sociale hervormingen.
Politieke hervormingen.
Ingenieurs.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Geestesgeschiedenis.
United States > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
United States
Society > Effects of > Technology
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Predecessors, 1880-1910. 1. Origins of American Rational Reform
  • pt. 2. Definitions, 1911-1918. 2. Engineers and Efficiency. 3. Structuring a New Republic
  • pt. 3. Implementation and Redefinition, 1918-1934. 4. War and Reconstruction. 5. The Great Engineer. 6. Scientific Philanthropy, Philanthropic Science. 7. Social Engineering Projects: The 1920s. 8. Roads Not Taken. 9. Social Engineering in the Depression, I: Outside the New Deal. 10. Social Engineering in the Depression, II: Inside the New Deal
  • pt. 4. Reconsideration and Retreat, 1934-1939. 11. Reconsiderations.

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