Scaling Up

The Institution of Chemical Engineers and the Rise of a New Profession

AvColin Divall,Sean F. Johnston

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

Chemical engineering - as a recognized skill in the workplace, as an academic discipline, and as an acknowledged profession - is scarcely a century old. Yet from a contested existence before the First World War, chemical engineering had become one of the "big four" engineering professions in Britain, and a major contributor to Western economies by the end of the 20th century. The subject had distinct national trajectories. In Britain - too long seen as shaped by American experiences - the emergence of recognized chemical engineers was the result of professional aspirations and contingency, and shaped by a shifting ecology of institutions, firms and government. Drawing upon extensive archival research, this book examines the evolution of technical practice, working environment and social interactions of chemical engineering. It should be of considerable interest to historians, sociologists of the professions, and to practitioners themselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-02-28
Mått:155 x 235 x 28 mm
Vikt:749 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Chemists and Chemistry
Antal sidor:350
Upplaga:2001
Förlag:Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN:9780792366928

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Recensioner i media

'Scaling Up is an excellent history of the chemical engineering profession in Britain and the development and growth of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. It is well laid out and the text is generally easy to read. Overall, it is a highly recommended book for anyone interested in the history of Chemical Engineering.' Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 27:1 (2002)

Innehållsförteckning

1: Introduction: An elusive profession.- 2: ‘... That doubtful and indescribable person, the chemical engineer ... ’.- 3: Catalysing an identity, 1915–1925.- 4: Designing professionals.- 5: Dampened aspirations.- 6: Rapid expansion.- 7: Unstable equilibrium.- 8: Institution versus profession.- 9: Conclusions: Distilling an identity.- Appendices.- Early organisers of chemical engineering in Britain.- Institutional statistics.- Comparative membership growth.- IChemE membership by grade.- Female membership.- Professional affiliations.- Membership by employment sector.- Qualifications versus time.- Institutional organisation.- Regional branches of the IChemE.- Subject groups of the IChemE.- Teaching statistics.- Chemical engineering programmes and chairs in British teaching institutions.- Annual production of chemical engineers in Britain.- Occupational statistics.- Census returns.- Salaries.- The literature of chemical engineering.- Structure, content and role.- Periodicals.- Note on archival sources.- Periodicals employed as primary sources.- Other published works.