Engineering labour: technical workers in comparative perspective/
Peter Meiksins
- London: Verso, 1996.
- 296 p. 22 cm
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