The Master Spirit of the Age : : Canadian Engineers and the Politics of Professionalism / / J. Rodney Millard.
Creators of the modern industrial state, engineers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were part of a rising force or urban, middle-class experts. The vanguard of this élite, engineers embraced a vision of a new social order and believed that as society's natural leaders their...
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Millard, J. Rodney, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Master Spirit of the Age : Canadian Engineers and the Politics of Professionalism / J. Rodney Millard. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2020] ©1988 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Heritage Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Associations -- Introduction -- 1. 'The master spirit of the age': The engineer and his world -- 2. 'The Montreal clique': Formation of the cscE -- 3. 'A sort of outcast people': Engineers and bureaucracy -- 4. 'The foreign invasion': Engineers and competition -- 5. 'Iniquitous and impertinent' legislation: The CSCE and the politics of professionalism -- 6. In search of a 'tribal soul': The birth of the -- 7. 'The proper kind of publicity': The quest for public recognition -- 8. Contemplating the 'unthinkable': The EIC and unionism -- 9. 'A sort of trade union': The EIC and licensing -- Conclusion -- Statistical appendix -- Notes -- Note on sources -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Creators of the modern industrial state, engineers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were part of a rising force or urban, middle-class experts. The vanguard of this élite, engineers embraced a vision of a new social order and believed that as society's natural leaders their special destiny was to solve social problems with engineering methods. Unfortunately, this perception of engineers was not adopted by others, and engineers felt unrecognized and unrewarded. While they possessed expertise essential to industry, as salaried employees living on fixed incomes they could neither control their professional lives nor protect themselves from competition. Unlike the practice of law and medicine, engineering had no legal standing; anyone could practise. In this study of the profession as it evolved in Canada, J. Rodney Millard explores the issues that shaped engineers' perceptions of their work and its place in society. He explains how engineers, determined to raise their status, adopted a strategy of professional development. They organized engineering schools, societies, and journals, and ultimately obtained licensing and regulatory powers. Established to restrict competition and monopolize practice, licensing laws were a collectivist assault on the ideals of laissez-faire. Licensing associations represented the triumph of young protectionist engineers over older free market proponents. This victory heralded the rise of an aggressive, self-confident new middle class in Canada and the western world. Focusing on engineers, rather than engineering, Millard offers a social history of an important group of organized civil engineers and their struggle to obtain power and prestige. It is the story not so much of how engineers changed society, but how they survived the change through collective action. 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 30. Aug 2021) Engineering Canada History. HISTORY / Social History. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 9783110490947 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487578411 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487578411 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781487578411.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Associations -- Introduction -- 1. 'The master spirit of the age': The engineer and his world -- 2. 'The Montreal clique': Formation of the cscE -- 3. 'A sort of outcast people': Engineers and bureaucracy -- 4. 'The foreign invasion': Engineers and competition -- 5. 'Iniquitous and impertinent' legislation: The CSCE and the politics of professionalism -- 6. In search of a 'tribal soul': The birth of the -- 7. 'The proper kind of publicity': The quest for public recognition -- 8. Contemplating the 'unthinkable': The EIC and unionism -- 9. 'A sort of trade union': The EIC and licensing -- Conclusion -- Statistical appendix -- Notes -- Note on sources -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Associations -- Introduction -- 1. 'The master spirit of the age': The engineer and his world -- 2. 'The Montreal clique': Formation of the cscE -- 3. 'A sort of outcast people': Engineers and bureaucracy -- 4. 'The foreign invasion': Engineers and competition -- 5. 'Iniquitous and impertinent' legislation: The CSCE and the politics of professionalism -- 6. In search of a 'tribal soul': The birth of the -- 7. 'The proper kind of publicity': The quest for public recognition -- 8. Contemplating the 'unthinkable': The EIC and unionism -- 9. 'A sort of trade union': The EIC and licensing -- Conclusion -- Statistical appendix -- Notes -- Note on sources -- Index |
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