Engineering America: the life and times of John A. Roebling
"John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities. Raised in a German backwater amid the war-torn chaos of the Napoleonic Wars, he immigrated to the US in 1831, where he became wealthy a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities. Raised in a German backwater amid the war-torn chaos of the Napoleonic Wars, he immigrated to the US in 1831, where he became wealthy and acclaimed, eventually receiving a carte-blanche contract to build one of the nineteenth century's most stupendous and daring works of engineering: a gigantic suspension bridge to span the East River between New York and Brooklyn. In between, he thought, wrote, and worked tirelessly. He dug canals and surveyed railroads; he planned communities and founded new industries. Horace Greeley called him "a model immigrant;" generations later, F. Scott Fitzgerald worked on a script for the movie version of his life. Like his finest creations, Roebling was held together by the delicate balance of countervailing forces. On the surface, his life was exemplary and his accomplishments legion. As an immigrant and employer, he was respected throughout the world. As an engineer, his works profoundly altered the physical landscape of America. He was a voracious reader, a fervent abolitionist, and an engaged social commentator. His understanding of the natural world however bordered on the occult and his opinions about medicine are best described as medieval. For a man of science and great self-certainty, he was also remarkably quick to seize on a whole host of fads and foolish trends. Yet Roebling held these strands together. Throughout his life, he believed in the moral application of science and technology, that bridges-along with other great works of connection, the Atlantic Cable, the Transcontinental Railroad-could help bring people together, erase divisions, and heal wounds. Like Walt Whitman, Roebling was deeply committed to the creation of a more perfect union, forged from the raw materials of the continent. John Roebling was a complex, deeply divided yet undoubtedly influential figure, and his biography illuminates not only his works but also the world of nineteenth-century America. Roebling's engineering feats are well known, but the man himself is not; for alongside the drama of large scale construction lies an equally rich drama of intellectual and social development and crisis, one that mirrored and reflected the great forces, trials and failures of the American nineteenth century."-- |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 628 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780190663902 |
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| contents | Introduction : "Fitting one's self to the New World" -- Novice (1806-1831) -- In Napoleon's shadow (1806-1824) -- Berlin and the culture of revolution (1824-1825) -- Building roads, designing bridges (1825-1829) -- Johann Etzler and the Mühlhausen Emigration Society (1829-1831) -- Across the Atlantic (1831) -- Apprentice (1831-1847) -- And out to Western Pennsylvania (1831-1832) -- Establishing Saxonburg (1832-1837) -- Internal improvements (1838-1841) -- Making wire rope and the wire rope industry (1840-1848) -- Private life, public works (1844-1845) -- Rebuilding Pittsburgh (1845-1846) -- Setting the future (1846-1847) -- Master (1848-69) -- Economies of scale (1848-1851) -- Crossing Niagara (1846-51) -- Securing Niagara (1852-55) -- The Kentucky, Ohio, and Allegheny (1851-1860) -- And the war came (1861-1865) -- Unfinished business (1863-1869) -- Epilogue: "I am my own judge. |
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| spelling | Haw, Richard 1968- Verfasser (DE-588)136433022 aut Engineering America the life and times of John A. Roebling Richard Haw Life and times of John A. Roebling Fitting one's self to the New World New York Oxford University Press [2020] © 2020 xi, 628 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Introduction : "Fitting one's self to the New World" -- Novice (1806-1831) -- In Napoleon's shadow (1806-1824) -- Berlin and the culture of revolution (1824-1825) -- Building roads, designing bridges (1825-1829) -- Johann Etzler and the Mühlhausen Emigration Society (1829-1831) -- Across the Atlantic (1831) -- Apprentice (1831-1847) -- And out to Western Pennsylvania (1831-1832) -- Establishing Saxonburg (1832-1837) -- Internal improvements (1838-1841) -- Making wire rope and the wire rope industry (1840-1848) -- Private life, public works (1844-1845) -- Rebuilding Pittsburgh (1845-1846) -- Setting the future (1846-1847) -- Master (1848-69) -- Economies of scale (1848-1851) -- Crossing Niagara (1846-51) -- Securing Niagara (1852-55) -- The Kentucky, Ohio, and Allegheny (1851-1860) -- And the war came (1861-1865) -- Unfinished business (1863-1869) -- Epilogue: "I am my own judge. "John Roebling was one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant engineers, ingenious inventors, successful manufacturers, and fascinating personalities. Raised in a German backwater amid the war-torn chaos of the Napoleonic Wars, he immigrated to the US in 1831, where he became wealthy and acclaimed, eventually receiving a carte-blanche contract to build one of the nineteenth century's most stupendous and daring works of engineering: a gigantic suspension bridge to span the East River between New York and Brooklyn. In between, he thought, wrote, and worked tirelessly. He dug canals and surveyed railroads; he planned communities and founded new industries. Horace Greeley called him "a model immigrant;" generations later, F. Scott Fitzgerald worked on a script for the movie version of his life. Like his finest creations, Roebling was held together by the delicate balance of countervailing forces. On the surface, his life was exemplary and his accomplishments legion. As an immigrant and employer, he was respected throughout the world. As an engineer, his works profoundly altered the physical landscape of America. He was a voracious reader, a fervent abolitionist, and an engaged social commentator. His understanding of the natural world however bordered on the occult and his opinions about medicine are best described as medieval. For a man of science and great self-certainty, he was also remarkably quick to seize on a whole host of fads and foolish trends. Yet Roebling held these strands together. Throughout his life, he believed in the moral application of science and technology, that bridges-along with other great works of connection, the Atlantic Cable, the Transcontinental Railroad-could help bring people together, erase divisions, and heal wounds. Like Walt Whitman, Roebling was deeply committed to the creation of a more perfect union, forged from the raw materials of the continent. John Roebling was a complex, deeply divided yet undoubtedly influential figure, and his biography illuminates not only his works but also the world of nineteenth-century America. Roebling's engineering feats are well known, but the man himself is not; for alongside the drama of large scale construction lies an equally rich drama of intellectual and social development and crisis, one that mirrored and reflected the great forces, trials and failures of the American nineteenth century."-- Roebling, John Augustus 1806-1869 (DE-588)117533947 gnd rswk-swf Roebling, John Augustus / 1806-1869 Civil engineers / United States / Biography Civil engineers / Germany / Biography Suspension bridges / United States / History / 19th century Railroad bridges / United States / History / 19th century German Americans / Biography Immigrants / United States / Biography Mühlhausen (Thuringia, Germany) / Biography Civil engineers German Americans Immigrants Railroad bridges Suspension bridges Germany Germany / Mühlhausen (Thuringia) United States Röbling, Johann August / 1806-1869 Ponts suspendus / États-Unis / 19e siècle Ponts-rails / États-Unis / 19e siècle 1800-1899 Biographies History (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Roebling, John Augustus 1806-1869 (DE-588)117533947 p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 9780190663926 |
| spellingShingle | Haw, Richard 1968- Engineering America the life and times of John A. Roebling Introduction : "Fitting one's self to the New World" -- Novice (1806-1831) -- In Napoleon's shadow (1806-1824) -- Berlin and the culture of revolution (1824-1825) -- Building roads, designing bridges (1825-1829) -- Johann Etzler and the Mühlhausen Emigration Society (1829-1831) -- Across the Atlantic (1831) -- Apprentice (1831-1847) -- And out to Western Pennsylvania (1831-1832) -- Establishing Saxonburg (1832-1837) -- Internal improvements (1838-1841) -- Making wire rope and the wire rope industry (1840-1848) -- Private life, public works (1844-1845) -- Rebuilding Pittsburgh (1845-1846) -- Setting the future (1846-1847) -- Master (1848-69) -- Economies of scale (1848-1851) -- Crossing Niagara (1846-51) -- Securing Niagara (1852-55) -- The Kentucky, Ohio, and Allegheny (1851-1860) -- And the war came (1861-1865) -- Unfinished business (1863-1869) -- Epilogue: "I am my own judge. Roebling, John Augustus 1806-1869 (DE-588)117533947 gnd |
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| title_alt | Life and times of John A. Roebling Fitting one's self to the New World Introduction : "Fitting one's self to the New World" -- Novice (1806-1831) -- In Napoleon's shadow (1806-1824) -- Berlin and the culture of revolution (1824-1825) -- Building roads, designing bridges (1825-1829) -- Johann Etzler and the Mühlhausen Emigration Society (1829-1831) -- Across the Atlantic (1831) -- Apprentice (1831-1847) -- And out to Western Pennsylvania (1831-1832) -- Establishing Saxonburg (1832-1837) -- Internal improvements (1838-1841) -- Making wire rope and the wire rope industry (1840-1848) -- Private life, public works (1844-1845) -- Rebuilding Pittsburgh (1845-1846) -- Setting the future (1846-1847) -- Master (1848-69) -- Economies of scale (1848-1851) -- Crossing Niagara (1846-51) -- Securing Niagara (1852-55) -- The Kentucky, Ohio, and Allegheny (1851-1860) -- And the war came (1861-1865) -- Unfinished business (1863-1869) -- Epilogue: "I am my own judge. |
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