Type of Document Dissertation Author Mčannikkčo, Nancy Farm URN etd-05222007-091438 Title Brothers professionally and socially : the rise of local engineering clubs during the Gilded Age Degree Ph. D. Department Science and Technology Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Richard F. Hirsh Committee Chair Keywords
- Professionalism
- Engineering
- Gilded Age
- voluntary associations
Date of Defense 1997-10-27 Availability unrestricted Abstract Scholars in the history and sociology of engineering in the United States havecommented critically on the unwillingness of twentieth century engineers to participate actively in politics. Alfred Chandler, for example, has noted the absence of engineers in Progressive Era reform movements, while Edwin T. Layton Jr has criticized engineers in the 1920s for an excessive focus on sterile status seeking. This perceived lack of twentieth century engineering activism is especially puzzling given that nineteenth-century American engineers and engineering societies did not hesitate to lobby openly for clean water, smoke abatement, municipal reform, and numerous other issues.
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