Constructing a bridge : an exploration of engineering culture, design, and research in nineteenth-century France and America /

If it is true, as Tocqueville suggested, that social and class systems shape technology, research, and knowledge, then the effects should be visible both at the individual level and at the level of technical institutions and local environments. That is the central issue addressed in Constructing a B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kranakis, Eda
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1997.
Colección:Inside technology.
Temas:
1800-1899
Suspension bridges > France > Design and construction > History > 19th century.
Suspension bridges > United States > Design and construction > History > 19th century.
Technology > Social aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Technology > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Technological literacy > France > History > 19th century.
Technological literacy > United States > History > 19th century.
Ponts suspendus > France > Conception et construction > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Ponts suspendus > États-Unis > Conception et construction > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Technologie > Aspect social > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Technologie > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture technologique > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture technologique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > General.
Technological literacy.
Suspension bridges > Design and construction.
Technology > Social aspects.
Boogbruggen.
Civil & Environmental Engineering.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Transportation Engineering.
France.
United States.
Frankrijk.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A tale of two bridges: Finley, Navier, and suspension bridge design
  • Finley, technology, and frontier society
  • Designing the chain bridge
  • Finley's design system in practice
  • Navier: the making of an engineer-scientist
  • Theorizing the suspension bridge
  • The Pont des Invalides.

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