List of tables
List of figures
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Emulation: Bildung and the Bureaucratic Order: 1. technical education and society before 1850
2. Nationalism, industrialization, and technology: the first years of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure
3. The pursuit of Bildung: Grashof and the VDI, 1856-76
4. The reform of technical education in Prussia, 1876-9
Part II. Reorientation: industrial capitalism and a 'practical' profession: 5. Reorientation in the engineering industry, 1876-84
6. Crisis and renewal in the VDI, 1877-90
7. The rebirth of nonacademic engineering education, 1879-1901
8. Public authority, private power, and the production of engineering personnel, 1901-14
Part III. The crucible: technical careers and managerial power, 1900-14: 9. Career prospects and the Btib's reform efforts
10. The unified employment code and the Patent Law
11. Direct action
12. The reaction of the VDDI
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliographical note
Index.
