The Development Of Large Technical Systems
1st Edition
Published on 13. September 2019
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-367-29124-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an outcome of the conference on the development of large technical systems held in Berlin in 1986. It focuses on the comparative analysis of the development of large technical systems, particularly electrical power, railroad, air traffic, telephone, and other forms of telecommunication.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-29124-2 (9780367291242)
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Persons
"Renate Mayntz, Professor and Director, Max-Planck-Institut fA1/4r Gesellschaftsforschung, Koeln
Thomas P. Hughes, Professor, Dept, of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"
Thomas P. Hughes, Professor, Dept, of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"
Content
Foreword -- Large Technical Systems: Concepts and Issues -- The Emergence of an Early Large-Scale Technical System: The American Railroad Network -- The Evolution of the Technical System of Railways in France from 1832 to 19371 -- The Development of the German Railroad System -- Looking for the Boundaries of Technological Determinism: A Brief History of the U.S. Telephone System* -- The Telephone in France 1879-1979: National Characteristics and International Influences1 -- The Politics of Growth: The German Telephone System -- The United States Air Traffic System: Increasing Reliability in the Midst of Raped Growth1 -- The French Electrical Power System: An Inter-Country Comparison -- The Dynamics of System Development in a Comparative Perspective: Interactive Videotex in Germany, France and Britain