The Development of large technical systems. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Renate Mayntz, Thomas P. Hughes (editors).
• Other Names: Mayntz, Renate; Hughes, Thomas Parke; Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung.
• 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. The French electrical power system : an inter-country comparison / Maurice Lévy-Leboyer -- The dynamics of system development in a comparative perspective : interactive videotax in Germany, France and Britain / Renate Mayntz and Volker Schneider.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (300 pages)
• Subjects: 609; Technology -- United States -- History; Technology -- France -- History; Technology -- Germany -- History; Technologie -- États-Unis -- Histoire; Technologie -- France -- Histoire; Technologie -- Allemagne -- Histoire; Technology; Dienstleistungsbetrieb; Eisenbahnnetz; Geschichte; Großtechnologie; Systementwicklung; Technischer Fortschritt; Technisches System; Telefonnetz; Technologie -- Etats Unis -- Histoire; Technologie -- France -- Histoire; Technologie -- Allemagne -- Histoire; Technische ontwikkeling; France; Germany; United States; Deutschland; Frankreich; USA; Westliche Welt; Aufsatzsammlung; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000315875; 1000315878
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.