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Professor Don McCloy - Creating Belfast: technical education and the formation of a great industrial city, 1801-1921 - 9781845889371 - KEX0277236
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Creating Belfast: technical education and the formation of a great industrial city, 1801-1921

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Description for Creating Belfast: technical education and the formation of a great industrial city, 1801-1921 Paperback. Describes the growth of technical education in Belfast over a 120-year period during which the town developed from a small mercantile community into a large, bustling, industrial city. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, ports., charts, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLL; HBLW; HBTB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422. 8vo Very good copy.

Creating Belfast describes the growth of technical education in Belfast over a 120-year period during which the town developed from a small mercantile community into a large, bustling, industrial city. It explains how technical education contributed to that growth, and how the concept of technical education evolved from the mastery of a trade to include knowledge of the relevant sciences and their possible applications to industry. Whilst the school system made modest inputs to technical education, the book shows that its development throughout the nineteenth century was critically dependent on the efforts of enthusiasts and philanthropists. Serious government intervention did ... Read more

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Product Details

Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845889371
SKU
KEX0277236
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3

About Professor Don McCloy
Professor Don McCloy is a Belfast man, born and bred. A Chartered Engineer, he has spent most of his career in education and training. He was the first Director of the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education - a direct descendant of the Belfast Municipal Technical Institute.

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