1st Edition
Engineers and Industrial Growth Higher Technical Education and the Engineering Profession During the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: France, Germany, Sweden and England
By Göran Ahlström
Copyright 1982
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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Using an economic-historical and comparative approach, this book, first published in 1982, studies the structure and development of the engineering profession in France, German, Sweden and England. Central issues include the number of engineers in a particular society, their education and fields of work after education, the social background of the engineer, their social standing, the role of the... Read more
1. Scope of the Study 2. France, Germany, Sweden 2.1. Higher Technical Education – The General Pattern 2.2. Number of Engineers 2.3. Demand For and Careers of the Engineers 2.4. Social Standing of the Engineer 3. England 3.1. Higher Technical Education – The Exception 3.2. Factors Explaining the English Development 4. Summary and Conclusions
Biography
Göran Ahlström
