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

Marsden, B.; Smith, C.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-12-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333772782

DOI: 10.1057/9780230504127

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 351