British Engineers and Africa, 1875–1914

Casper Andersen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2011
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-118-3 (ISBN)

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Using a wide range of primary sources that include correspondence, diaries, technical reports, institutional minutes and periodicals, Andersen reconstructs the networks and activities of Britain’s engineers while focusing on London as a centre of imperial expansion.

Casper Andersen

Introduction; Chapter 1 Africa, Imperial Communication and the Engineering Press; Chapter 2 Engineers in Imperial London; Chapter 3 Engineering Networks and the Great George Street Clique; Chapter 4 Empire in the Institution of Civil Engineers; Chapter 5 Explorer-Engineers and Gentlemen in the Public Eye; Chapter 6 Vandals and Civilizers in Aswan and London; conclusion Conclusion;

Reihe/Serie	Empires in Perspective
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	521 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-84893-118-2 / 1848931182
ISBN-13	978-1-84893-118-3 / 9781848931183
Zustand	Neuware