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Tables of Contents for The Engineer in History
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
1
3
Acknowledgments
4
3
The Ancient World
7
24
Engineers in Ancient Egypt
8
2
The Engineers of Ancient Greece
10
6
Engineers and Engineering in Ancient China
16
2
The Engineers of Rome
18
5
The Ancient Engineers in Perspective
23
8
The Medieval Engineer
31
20
An Era of Innovation
32
2
The Master Mason and His Work
34
4
The Design Techniques of the Medieval Engineer
38
2
The Ideas and Accomplishments of One Medieval Architect-Engineer
40
1
Aeronautical Engineering in the Middle Ages
41
1
The Summit of Medieval Mechanical Engineering: The Clock
42
2
The Military Engineer
44
1
Medieval Engineering in Transition
45
6
The Renaissance: The Recognition of the Engineer
51
24
Leonardo da Vinci
55
3
The Efflorescence of Italian Engineering
58
4
The Engineers of Northern Europe
62
2
The Mining Engineer in Germany
64
1
Engineers in France
65
4
The Legacy of the Renaissance Engineers
69
6
The Emergence of the Civil Engineer
75
20
The Organization of Engineering in France
76
3
The Civil Engineer in Britain
79
6
Britain and France Compared
85
1
The Railroad Engineers
86
9
The Mechanical Engineer and the British Industrial Revolution
95
24
The Introduction of Steam Power
98
7
The Machine Makers
105
6
The Social Origins of British Engineers
111
8
The Founding of American Engineering
119
18
Early American Engineers
120
3
Civil Engineers
123
7
Mechanical Engineers
130
7
Into the Twentieth Century: Engineers Join the Organizational Revolution
137
18
The Growth of Engineering Specializations
140
1
The Industrial Research Laboratory
141
2
The Engineer and the Organization: Conflict and Concord
143
3
The Ascent of Japanese Engineering Exemplified
146
1
The Working Lives of Engineers
147
8
Engineers as Managers
155
22
Engineers, Owners, and Managers
155
5
Engineers as Managers: The Soviet Union
160
4
Scientific Management
164
2
Technocracy
166
3
Engineers and Modern Management
169
8
Educating Engineers
177
22
The Development of Engineering Education in Europe
177
4
Engineering Education in the United States
181
3
Educating Engineers in Asia
184
2
Professional Societies and the Upgrading of Engineering Education in the United States
186
3
Graduate Education in Engineering
189
1
The Consequences of Modern Engineering Education
190
2
Engineering Education and the Quest for Professionalization
192
7
The Engineer Today: Origins, Roles, and Status
199
22
The Social Origins of Engineers
200
1
Women Engineers
201
2
The Search for Professional Status
203
3
The Engineer as Whistle Blower
206
4
Professional Societies and Professional Ethics
210
2
An Inclusive Occupation
212
3
The Managerial Track as an Alternative to Professionalization
215
1
Facing the Future
216
5
Illustrations
221
26
Topic Index
247
4
Name Index
251