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Umfang: 1 online resource(368 p.) : , illustrations.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2014. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780231537520

Inhalt: In this comprehensive social history of Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), Robert McCaughey combines archival research with oral testimony and contemporary interviews to build a critical and celebratory portrait of one of the oldest engineering schools in the United States. McCaughey follows the evolving, occasionally rocky, and now integrated relationship between SEAS's engineers and the rest of the Columbia University student body, faculty, and administration. He also revisits the interaction between the SEAS staff and the inhabitants and institutions of the City of New York, where the school has resided since its founding in 1864. McCaughey compares the historical struggles and achievements of the school's engineers with their present-day battles and accomplishments, and he contrasts their teaching and research approaches with those of their peers at other free-standing and Ivy League engineering schools. What begins as a localized history of a school striving to define itself within a university known for its strengths in the humanities and the social sciences becomes a wider story of the transformation of the applied sciences into a critical component of American technology and education.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Illustrations -- , Foreword -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , 1. Engineering in America–Before Engineers -- , 2. Fast Start 1864–1889 -- , 3. A Corner in the University 1889–1929 -- , 4. The Great Depression and the Good War 1930–1945 -- , 5. Missing the Boat 1945–1964 -- , 6. Bottoming Out 1965–1975 -- , 7. Catching a Lift 1976–1980 -- , 8. Uneven Ascent 1980–1994 -- , 9. A School in Full 1995–2007 -- , 10. A Lever Long Enough: Seas at One Hundred Fifty -- , Notes -- , A Bibliographic Note -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/mcca16688

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/mcca16688

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Umfang: 1 online resource (xxviii, 338 pages) : , illustrations (black and white)

ISBN: 9780231537520 (ebook) :

Inhalt: This social history of Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) combines archival research with oral testimony and contemporary interviews to build a portrait of one of the oldest engineering schools in the United States. The book follows the evolving relationship between SEAS's engineers and the rest of the Columbia University student body, faculty, and administration. It also describes the interaction between SEAS staff and the inhabitants and institutions of New York City, where the school has resided since it was founded in 1864.

Weitere Ausg.: Print version : ISBN 9780231166881

Sprache: Englisch

URL: Columbia scholarship online

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Umfang: 1 online resource (369 pages) : , illustrations, photographs

ISBN: 9780231537520 (e-book)

Weitere Ausg.: Print version: McCaughey, Robert. Lever long enough : a history of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science since 1864. New York : Columbia University Press, c2014 ISBN 9780231166881

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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