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Engineering labour: technical workers in comparative perspective/ Peter Meiksins

By: Meiksins, PeterMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: London: Verso, 1996Description: 296 p. 22 cmISBN: 185984135xSubject(s): Engineering | EngineersDDC classification: 620

Contents:

1 Introduction: Engineers and Comparative Research Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 1 Part I Case Studies Engineers in Britain: A Study in Persistence Chris Smith and Peter Whalley 27 Engineers in the United States: A House Divided Peter Meiksins 61 The Making of the French Engineer Stephen Crawford 98 The Long Quest for Professional Identity: German Engineers in Historical Perspective, 1850-1990 Kees Gispen 132 Professional or Wage Worker? Engineers and Economic Transformation in Sweden Boel Berner 168 Japanese Engineers as Corporate Salary-men Kevin McCormick 196 AComparative Perspective on the Organization of Technical Work Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 233 Engineers and Convergence Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 256

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	620 MEI/E (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P17807

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1 Introduction: Engineers and Comparative Research
Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 1
Part I Case Studies
Engineers in Britain: A Study in Persistence
Chris Smith and Peter Whalley 27
Engineers in the United States: A House Divided
Peter Meiksins 61
The Making of the French Engineer
Stephen Crawford 98
The Long Quest for Professional Identity:
German Engineers in Historical Perspective,
1850-1990
Kees Gispen 132
Professional or Wage Worker? Engineers and Economic
Transformation in Sweden
Boel Berner 168
Japanese Engineers as Corporate Salary-men
Kevin McCormick 196
AComparative Perspective on the Organization of
Technical Work
Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 233
Engineers and Convergence
Peter Meiksins and Chris Smith 256

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