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Synopsis
This book examines advanced scientific and technical education in seven European countries and the USA between the mid nineteenth century and the 1930s.It seeks to replace the notion of a simple education-industry interaction by a broader perspective where not only educational institutions and industrial employers, but also government, professional bodies and private patrons have made contributions.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-287) and index.
Table of Contents
Preface; Introduction; Part I. Setting the Pace: 1. Worlds apart: academic instruction and professional qualifications in the training of mechanical engineers in England, 1850 1914 Anne Guagnini; 2. The training and career structures of engineers in France, 1880 1939 AndréGrelon; 3. Technical education and industrial performance in Germany: a triumph of heterogeneity Wolfgang König; Part II. Coping with the Giants: 4. The training of engineers in Belgium, 1830 1940 Jean C. Baudet; 5. Technical education, engineering, and industrial growth: Sweden in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Göran Ahlström; 6. Industrialization and technical education in Spain, 1850 1914 Santiago Riera i Tuébols; 7. Academic qualifications and professional functions in the development of the Italian engineering schools, 1859 1914 Anna Guagnini; Part III. The Exploitation of Knowledge: 8. France in perspective: education, innovation, and performance in the French electrical industry, 1880 1914 Robert Fox; 9. Training for specialists: the precision instruments industry in Britain and France, 1890 1925 Mari Williams; Part IV. A Transatlantic Perspective: 10. Education, industry, and the American university Arthur Donovan; Bibliography; Index.