The Development of large technical systems   [electronic resource] / 
Renate Mayntz, Thomas P. Hughes (editors). 
 - Frankfurt am Main :   Boulder, Colo. :   Campus Verlag ;   Westvi ew Press,   1988. 
 - 299 p. :   ill. ;   21 cm. 
 - Publications of the Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln ;   v. 2 .
 - Schriften des Max-Planck-Instituts für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köl n ;   Bd. 2. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
<br/><br/>  Papers from a conference held at Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellscha ftsforschung, Cologne, Germany, Nov. 1987. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies. 
<br/><br/>Large technical systems : concepts and issues / Bernward Joerges -- The emergence of an early large-scale technical system : the American r ailroad network / Stephen Salsbury -- The evolution of the technical sy stem of railways in France from 1832 to 1937 / Francois Caron -- The de velopment of the German railroad system / G. Wolfgang Heinz and Heinric h H. Kill -- Looking for the boundaries of technological determinism : a brief history of the U.S. telephone system / Louis Galambos -- The te lephone in France 1879 to 1979 : national characteristics and internati onal influences / Catherine Bertho-Lavenir -- The politics of growth : the German telephone system / Frank Thomas -- The United States air tra ffic system : increasing reliability in the midst of rapid growth / Tod d La Porte. The French electrical power system : an inter-country comparison / M aurice LØevy-Leboyer -- The dynamics of system development in a compar ative perspective : interactive videotax in Germany, France and Britain / Renate Mayntz and Volker Schneider. 
<br/><br/><br/> Electronic text and image data. <br/> Ann Arbor, Mich. : <br/> University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, <br/> 2004. <br/> Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. <br/> ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) <br/> Mode of a ccess: Intranet. <br/> This volume is made possible by a grant from the An drew W. Mellon Foundation. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/> Technology-- History.-- United States<br/> Technology-- History.-- France<br/> Technology-- History.-- Germany