Engineered World, An
The Role of Engineers in Global Modernity
$123.75
- Paperback
334 pages
- Release Date
16 December 2025
Summary
An Engineered World examines the dramatic and global expansion of modern, professional engineering between roughly 1870 and 1950. Over these decades, the number of people who called themselves “engineers” (or who were recognized as such by others) expanded from a small and eclectic number of individuals to one of the most numerous, mobile, and influential professional groups of the twentieth century.
Tens of thousands of university-trained engineers and other professionalized technica…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553353 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026255335X |
| Author: | Edward Beatty, Israel G. Solares |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 334 |
| Release Date: | 16 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Engineering Studies |
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Edward Beatty
Edward Beatty is Professor of History and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is author of Institutions and Investment and Technology and the Search for Progress in Modern Mexico, which won the Friedrich Katz Prize from the American Historical Association.
Israel G. Solares is Associate Researcher in the Department of Mathematical Modeling of Social Systems, Institute for the Research of Applied Mathematics and Systems. He is the author of Underground Leviathan, Corporate Sovereignty, and Mining in the Americas.
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