Engineering rules global standard setting since 1880 / JoAnne Yates, Craig N. Murphy.
| Author/creator | Yates, JoAnne, 1951- |
| Other author | Murphy, Craig. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xiv, 421 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Hagley library studies in business, technology, and politics |
| Contents | The first wave -- Engineering professionalization and private standard setting for industry before 1900 -- Organizing private standard setting within and across borders, 1900 to World War I -- A community and a movement, World War I to the Great Depression -- The second wave -- Decline and revival of the movement, the 1930s to the 1950s -- Standards for a global market, the 1960s to the 1980s -- US participation in international RFI/EMC standardization, World War II through the 1980s -- The third wave -- Computer networking ushers in a new era in standard setting, 1980s to 2000s -- The development of a W3C standard: WebCrypto API, 2012-2017 -- Voluntary standards for quality management and social responsibility since the 1980s. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-408) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018036808 |
| ISBN | 9781421428895 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 142142889X (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |