History of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1871-1971
Details:
- Author(s) Reader, William J
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1987
- Pages 327pp; illus
- Publisher Peter Peregrinus Ltd
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Professions, professionalism & professionalisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly commissioned account. Deals largely with the century, 1871-1971. Structured in three parts: 1] 'The telegraph engineers [from 1837]'; 2] 'The power engineers' - 'Rise of the power engineer, 1880-95' / 'The Institution, the profession and the industry, 1895-1914' / 'The Institution in politics' / 'Towards a charter, 1914-22' / 'Wireless' / 'The Chartered Institution' / 'The unestablished profession' / 'The Second World War, 1939-45' / 'The world turned upside down' / 'Government and opposition in the 1950s'; 3] 'The electronic engineers' - 'The arrival of the electronic engineers' / 'Going into business' / 'Coming together - an Institution of Engineers?' / 'Full circle?'. Appendices include lists of officers / honorary fellows / membership statistics / financial statistics / details of local centres / etc