Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
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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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 Lévy-Leboyer -- The dynamics of system development in a comparative perspective : interactive videotax in Germany, France and Britain / Renate Mayntz and Volker Schneider |
Summary |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Notes |
"Renate Mayntz, Professor and Director, Max-Planck-Institut fÃơr Gesellschaftsforschung, Kḻn Thomas P. Hughes, Professor, Dept, of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia." |
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Subject |
Technology -- United States -- History
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Technology -- France -- History
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Technology -- Germany -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Technology
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Dienstleistungsbetrieb
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Eisenbahnnetz
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Geschichte
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Großtechnologie
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Systementwicklung
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Technischer Fortschritt
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Technisches System
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Telefonnetz
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Technische ontwikkeling.
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Technologie -- Etats Unis -- Histoire.
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Technologie -- France -- Histoire.
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Technologie -- Allemagne -- Histoire.
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France
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Germany
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United States
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Deutschland
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Frankreich
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USA
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Westliche Welt
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Mayntz, Renate.
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Hughes, Thomas Parke.
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ISBN |
0429309996 |
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9780429309991 |
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9781000315875 |
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1000315878 |
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9781000243994 |
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1000243990 |
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9781000279931 |
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1000279936 |
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