A Lever Long Enough : : A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864 / / Robert McCaughey.
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 th...
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McCaughey, Robert, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Lever Long Enough : A History of Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science Since 1864 / Robert McCaughey. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (368 p.) : ‹B›B&W Photos: ‹/B›35 text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Columbiana 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science - History. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665864 print 9780231166881 https://doi.org/10.7312/mcca16688 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231537520 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231537520/original |
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