Engineering empires : a cultural history of technology in nineteenth-century Britain / Ben Marsden and Crosbie Smith.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2005.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 351 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of figures. Preface. Introduction: Technology, science and culture in the long nineteenth century. 1. Objects of national importance: exploration, mapping and measurement 2. Power and wealth: reputations and rivalries in steam culture 3. Belief in steamers: making trustworthy the iron steamship 4. Building railway empires: promises in space and time 5. The most gigantic electrical experiment: the trials of telegraphy. Conclusion: Cultures of technological expertise. Notes. Bibliography. Index
