| Description |
299 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
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Publications of the Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln ; v. 2 |
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Schriften des Max-Planck-Instituts für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln ; Bd. 2.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Papers from a conference held at Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Cologne, Germany, Nov. 1987. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Large technical systems : concepts and issues / Bernward Joerges -- The emergence of an early large-scale technical system : the American railroad network / Stephen Salsbury -- The evolution of the technical system of railways in France from 1832 to 1937 / Francois Caron -- The development of the German railroad system / G. Wolfgang Heinz and Heinrich H. Kill -- Looking for the boundaries of technological determinism : a brief history of the U.S. telephone system / Louis Galambos -- The telephone in France 1879 to 1979 : national characteristics and international influences / Catherine Bertho-Lavenir -- The politics of growth : the German telephone system / Frank Thomas -- The United States air traffic system : increasing reliability in the midst of rapid growth / Todd La Porte. |
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The French electrical power system : an inter-country comparison / Maurice LØevy-Leboyer -- The dynamics of system development in a comparative perspective : interactive videotax in Germany, France and Britain / Renate Mayntz and Volker Schneider. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2004. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| Subject |
Technology -- United States -- History.
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Technology -- France -- History.
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Technology -- Germany -- History.
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| Added Author |
Mayntz, Renate.
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Hughes, Thomas Parke.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung.
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb01147 hdl |
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