German Engineers and American Social Theory

When historians turn to the social sciences for help with the task of ordering their data or making their sources speak more clearly, the results can be rewarding in unexpected ways. So it is if one applies the twin concepts profession and professionalization to the German context-in particular, to the history of German engineers in the nineteenth century. At first sight, an idea like the 'professionalization of the German engineers' seems straightforward enough. In tandem with the growth of Germany's science-based industries and unparalleled system of technical education, it suggests the emergence of the men who occupied the critical positions in these institutions and embodied technological progress. A notion such as the 'rise of the German engineering profession,' therefore, stirs visions of a grand metamorphosis, in which the land of poets and thinkers-and of Junkers, bureaucrats, and mandarins-turned into the world of Siemens, Porsche, Mannesmann, Bosch, Diesel, Daimler-Benz, etc

Archaeology · Context (archaeology) · Embodied cognition · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · German · Political science · Professionalization · Schulze method · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Anthropology · Engineering · History · Philosophy · Twentieth Century Scientific Developments

• Professional Autonomy versus Corporate Control

  Open Access•Pål Nygaard•Professions and Professionalism•2012

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• Perceptions of evaluator professional autonomy in North American evaluation practice

  Open Access•Sandra Ayoo•Evaluation and Program Planning•2023

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• Engineering way lost

  Open Access•Pål Nygaard•Management & Organizational History•2020

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• Knowledge and professional identity in engineering

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• The Professionalization of Museum Educators

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• Education and society in modern Europe

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• Professions and power.

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• Bureaucracy, aristocracy, and autocracy

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• Scientists in industry

  William Kornhauser•Scientists in industry•1962

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• The Credential Society

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• Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe, 8 Bde., Bd.7, Verw-Z

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• Profession of medicine

  Eliot Freidson•Profession of medicine•1970

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• The Visible Hand

  Alfred D Chandler, Alfred D Chandler Jr•Visible Hand•1993

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• The Rise of Professionalism

  Magali Sarfatti Larson•Rise of Professionalism•2023

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• The Peculiarities of German History

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• The Failure of Illiberalism

  Peter Loewenberg, Fritz Stern•The American Historical Review•1973

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• Ingenieure in der Fruhindustrialisierung. Staatliche und private Techniker im Konigreich Hannover und an der Ruhr (1815-73)

  Rainer Fremdling, Lars Ulrich Scholl•The Economic History Review•1979

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• The Division of Labor in Society

  Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels•Social Theory Re-Wired•2016

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• White Collar

  C Wright Mills•White collar•2002

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• Organisierter Kapitalismus

  Heinrich August Winkler, Gerald D Feldman et al.•Organisierter Kapitalismus•1974

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• English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850–1980

  Open Access•Martin J Wiener, Martin Wiener•English Culture and the Decline…•2004

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• The Professions and Social Structure

  T Parsons•Social Forces•1939

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• The origins of modern Germany

  Roger Chickering•History of European Ideas•1990

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• The European Administrative Elite

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• Technik und Wissenschaft als ?Ideologie

  Open Access•J�rgen Habermas•Continental Philosophy Review•1968

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• White Collar Workers in America, 1890-1940

  Daniel Nelson, Jürgen Kocka et al.•Journal of American History•1981

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• The Revolt of the Engineers

  Gene D Lewis, Edwin T Layton•Journal of American History•1972

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• The Managerial Revolution

  Allan G B Fisher•International Affairs•1945

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• The European Administrative Elite

  Kenneth Dyson•International Affairs•1974

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• The Culture of Professionalism

  David Madsen, David A Madsen•The Journal of Higher Education•1977

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• Community Within a Community

  William J Goode•American Sociological Review•1957

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• Reactionary modernism

  Jeffrey Herf•Reactionary modernism•1984

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• Man, Work, Society

  Roland J Pellegrin, Sigmund Nosow et al.•American Sociological Review•1962

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• Professional Employees

  Robert G Holloway, Kenneth Prandy•American Sociological Review•1967

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• White Collar Workers in America 1890-1940; A Social-Political History in International Perspective

  Anthony Thomson, Jürgen Kocka et al.•Labour / Le Travail•1984

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• Society and Democracy in Germany

  Charles S Maier, Ralf Dahrendorf•History and Theory•1969

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• The Failure of Illiberalism

  Lewis Hertzman, Fritz Stern•International Journal Canada s…•1975

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• Scientists in Industry

  Norman Kaplan, Norman M Kaplan et al.•American Sociological Review•1963

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• Profession Without Community

  Carol Copp, Robert Perrucci et al.•American Sociological Review•1970

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• The End of Practical Man

  Charles Harvey, Robert R Locke•The Economic History Review•1986

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• The Revolt of the Engineers

  Samuel Haber, Edwin T Layton•Technology and Culture•1972

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• Technik, Ingenieure und Gesellschaft

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• Staat und Gesellschaft im deutschen Vormarz 1815-1848

  Wolfgang Koellmann, Werner Conze•The Economic History Review•1962

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• Professional Employees

  Neil H Cheek, Kenneth Prandy•Industrial and Labor Relations…•1966

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• Profession ou corporation ? Le cas d'une organisation d'ingénieurs

  Georges Benguigui, Dominique Monjardet•Sociologie du Travail•1968

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• The Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830-1910

  Open Access•William E Leverette, Monte A Calvert•American Quarterly•1968

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• From Max Weber

  Max Weber, H H Gerth et al.•From Max Weber•2014

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• Community and Occupation

  Hobson Bryan, Graeme Salaman•Social Forces•1975

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• Lawyers and Their Society

  G Park, Dietrich Rueschemeyer•Social Forces•1975

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• Processes of Control in a Company of Equals

  Eliot Freidson, Buford Rhea•Social Problems•1963

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• Community and Occupation

  Open Access•Daphne Phillips•Sociology•1975

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• The Professionalization of Everyone

  Harold L Wilensky•American Journal of Sociology•1964

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• Professions in Process

  Rue Bucher, Anselm Strau et al.•American Journal of Sociology•1961

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