Main entry:

Layton, Edwin T., 1928-

Title & Author:

The revolt of the engineers : social responsibility and the American engineering profession / Edwin T. Layton, Jr.

Edition:

Johns Hopkins pbk. ed.

Publication:

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.

Description:

xxii, 286 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Cleveland : Press of Case Western Reserve University, 1971. With new introduction.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-269) and index.
The engineer and business -- The evolution of a profession -- The ideology of engineering -- The politics of status -- The revolt of the civil engineers -- Measuring the unmeasurable : scientific management and reform -- Morris L. Cooke : the engineer as reformer -- "The engineering method personified" : Herbert Hoover and the Federated Engineering Societies -- The return to normalcy, 1921-1929 -- Depression and New Deal : the engineers' ideology in decline -- Epilogue : The rise of scientific professionalism.
English.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

080183287X (pbk.)
9780801832871 (pbk.)
0801832861 (hard)
9780801832864 (hard)

Subject:

Engineers United States.
Engineering Social aspects United States.
Ingénieurs États-Unis.
Ingénierie Aspect social États-Unis.
Engineering Social aspects.
Engineers.
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Engineering - General.
United States.
United States Engineering Social aspects

Holdings:

Location: Library main 5513
Call No.: ID:87-B12431
Status: Available