Engineering History Project
@engineeringhistory.bsky.social
Research project focused on the global history of engineering. Funded by the NSF and hosted at @notredame.bsky.social . CoPIs Edward Beatty, Notre Dame, and Israel G. Solares, UNAM.
New book https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553353/an-engineered-world/
New book https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262553353/an-engineered-world/
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Edward Beatty & Israel G. Solares' "An Engineered World" presents eight case studies to examine the dramatic global expansion of modern professional engineering—and why this is critical to our understanding of 20th-century world history. #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255335...
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Edward Beatty & Israel G. Solares' "An Engineered World" presents eight case studies to examine the dramatic global expansion of modern professional engineering—and why this is critical to our understanding of 20th-century world history. #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255335...
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An Engineered World: The Role of Engineers in Global Modernity
How engineering as a modern profession emerged as a global phenomenon—and why its development and expansion are so critical to our understanding of twentie
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November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Engineers & Corporate Management, ca 1870–1930: The Invisible Hand Redux | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Engineers & Corporate Management, ca 1870–1930: The Invisible Hand Redux - Volume 25 Issue 2
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November 27, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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This paper in @entandsoc.bsky.social argues that professional engineers constituted the critical source of managerial expertise in the managerial revolution of circa 1870–1930, using a new data set of 50,000 engineers and their employment record in the global mining and metallurgical sector.
November 27, 2024 at 1:38 PM
This paper in @entandsoc.bsky.social argues that professional engineers constituted the critical source of managerial expertise in the managerial revolution of circa 1870–1930, using a new data set of 50,000 engineers and their employment record in the global mining and metallurgical sector.
This visualization shows the rapid expansion of engineering students in the US, the main schools from Western Europe, and Mexico. www.engineeringhistoryproject.org/visualizatio...
University Students In The Database | Blueprint for Modernity
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November 25, 2024 at 9:37 PM
This visualization shows the rapid expansion of engineering students in the US, the main schools from Western Europe, and Mexico. www.engineeringhistoryproject.org/visualizatio...
This project began in 2020 under the direction of Edward Beatty (kellogg.nd.edu/people/edwar...) and Israel G. Solares (mmss.iimas.unam.mx/israel-garci...) and with the generous support of
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Edward (Ted) Beatty | Kellogg Institute For International Studies
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November 25, 2024 at 9:36 PM
This project began in 2020 under the direction of Edward Beatty (kellogg.nd.edu/people/edwar...) and Israel G. Solares (mmss.iimas.unam.mx/israel-garci...) and with the generous support of
@KelloggInst
and
@NSF
.
@KelloggInst
and
@NSF
.