| Description |
xviii, 296 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part 1 : Origins. The American machine shop -- The mechanic -- Part 2 : Internal development. Mechanical engineering education -- School versus shop : conflict and compromise -- School versus shop : Cornell's Sibley College -- Professional associations -- Changing occupational roles -- Status : real and imagined -- In search of a rational shop environment -- Part 3 : External relationships. Professional versus nonprofessional -- Engineering : the fragmented profession -- Mechanical engineering : business profession -- Engineers and the naval bureaucracy -- Ethics and public responsibility -- Conclusion |
| Bibliography |
"Selected bibliography": pages 283-287 |
| Subject |
Mechanical engineers -- United States.
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| LC no. |
66026683 |
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