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Brunel - R. Angus Buchanan

Brunel

The Life and Times of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Buch | Softcover
338 Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-47507-6 (ISBN)
CHF 38,35 inkl. MwSt
This book traces the life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), who is rightly revered as one of the greatest of all engineers.

His leading role in the transport revolution of the nineteenth century, and especially in the building of the Great Western Railway, left an indelible mark on the British landscape. His achievements captured the imagination of his contemporaries and subsequent generations, whilst his colossal energy and determination to carry out projects on the largest scale and to an extremely high standard set him apart from his rivals.

Brunel tells the story both of the engineer, who followed his father Marc into what was then a new profession, and of the man. It explores his successes and failures, at home and abroad, including both the broad gauge GWR and the SS Great Eastern, as R. Angus Buchanan expertly brings out Brunel's imagination, drive and inventiveness. Above all, it sets him in the context of his times, showing both what made him who he was and how he made the most of the great opportunities offered to him.

R. Angus Buchanan is the author of Industrial Archaeology in Britain. He is Emeritus Professor in the History of Technology in the University of Bath, UK.

Introduction
1. An Age of Revolutions
2. Apprenticeship
3. Castles in the Sky
4. Bristol
5. The Great Western Railway
6. Overseas Projects
7. Disasters
8. The Great Ship
9. Other Significant Works
10. The Professional Man
11. Politics and Society
12. Victorian Family Man
13. The Heroic Age of British Engineering
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 33
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Technikgeschichte
Technik Bauwesen
ISBN-10 1-350-47507-6 / 1350475076
ISBN-13 978-1-350-47507-6 / 9781350475076
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