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Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Name: Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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paperback – January 1, 2007

by Marsden, Ben

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ISBN-13: 9780230507043 ISBN-10: 0230507042

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MACMILLAN

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paperback

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January 1, 2007

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1.0 lbs

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21.00×2.10×14.00 cm

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Engineering Empires: A Cultural History of Technology in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Marsden, Ben. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780230507043.

Engineers are empire-builders. Watt, Brunel, and others worked to build and expand personal and business empires of material technology and in so doing these engineers also became active agents of political and economic empire. This book provides a fascinating exploration of the cultural construction of the large-scale technologies of empire.