Civil engineering history, engineers make history : proceedings of the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History

Author(s)

• National Symposium on Civil Engineering History
• Rogers, Jerry R.
• American Society of Civil Engineers. Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineers
• American Society of Civil Engineers. National Capital Section
• United States Capitol Historical Society
• ASCE National Convention

Bibliographic Information

Civil engineering history, engineers make history : proceedings of the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History

sponsored by the Committee on History and Heritage of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the ASCE National Capitol [i.e. Capital] Section, and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, in conjunction with the ASCE National Convention in Washington, D.C., November 10-14, 1996 ; edited by Jerry R. Rogers ... [et al.]

American Society of Civil Engineers, c1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The proceedings, ""Civil Engineering History: Engineers Make History"", contains papers presented at the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History held in Washington, D.C., November 10-13, 1996. This collection presents the history of civil engineering from a variety of perspectives. Some papers explore history from the point-of-view of the people who lived it, while others emphasize what today's civil engineer should know about their past.

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Details

• NCID: BA31415274
• ISBN:
  • 0784402094
• LCCN: 96044710
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 207 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : TA5
  • DC20 : 624/.0973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Civil engineering -- United States -- History -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Civil engineers -- United States -- Congresses