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Engineering in American Society : 1850-1875 /

Technology, which has significantly changed Western man's way of life over the past century, exerted a powerful influence on American society during the third quarter of the nineteenth century. In this study Raymond H. Merritt focuses on the engineering profession, in order to describe not only...

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Autor principal: Merritt, Raymond H., 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington] : University Press of Kentucky, [1969]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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