Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry
| AUTHOR | Dalzell, Frederick; Sprague, John; Carlson, W. Bernard |
| PUBLISHER | MIT Press (11/01/2009) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Hardcover (Hardcover) |
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ISBN-13:
9780262042567
ISBN-10:
0262042568
Binding:
Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
288
Carton Quantity:
36
Product Dimensions:
5.70 x 1.10 x 8.00 inches
Weight:
1.00 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Dust Cover,
Table of Contents,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Biography & Autobiography | Science & Technology
Biography & Autobiography | History
Biography & Autobiography | Physics - Electricity
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
B
Library of Congress Control Number:
2009011083
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Author:
Dalzell, Frederick
Frederick Dalzell received his PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University and has been a researcher at Harvard Business School. He is the coauthor of "Changing Fortunes: Remaking the Industrial Corporation" and "Driving Change: The UPS Approach to Business."
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Afterword by:
Sprague, John
Professor Sprague has written on voting and elections, the history of socialist voting, voting patterns in the U.S. Supreme Court, lawyers in politics, and crime including homicide. His academic career has been wholly at Washington University in St. Louis and he has been chair of the Department of Political Science there. He is the author of Voting Patterns on the U.S. Supreme Court; Lawyers in Politics (with Heinz Eulau); The Dynamics of Riots (with Barbara Salert); Systems Analysis for Social Scientists (with Fernando Cortez and Adam Prseworski); Paper Stones (with Adam Przeworski); and Citizens, Politics, and Social Communication (with Robert Huckfeldt). He has contributed articles to the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, the American Journal of Political Science, Political Methodology, Criminology, and other journals.
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Foreword by:
Carlson, W. Bernard
W. Bernard Carlson is professor of science, technology, and society in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and professor of history at the University of Virginia. His books include "Technology in World History" and "Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric, 1870-1900".
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