Herbert Hoover and the Transnational Lives of Engineers

Carroll Pursell*

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    Abstract

    Engineering was the largest of the new, modern professions unleashed by the Industrial Revolution, and during the hundred years between 1850 and 1950 many of those practitioners, especially in the areas of mining and civil works, were true cosmopolitans. The rage for exploration and exploitation during these years of High Imperialism created the context for and dictated the mobility of these transnational lives. The profession itself, and the men who followed it, sought out, embraced and were shaped by that experience.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPalgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
    PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
    Pages109-120
    Number of pages12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Publication series

    NamePalgrave Macmillan Transnational History Series
    ISSN (Print)2634-6273
    ISSN (Electronic)2634-6281

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