This book is an outcome of the conference on the development of large technical systems held in Berlin in 1986. It focuses on the comparative analysis of the development of large technical systems, particularly electrical power, railroad, air traffic, telephone, and other forms of telecommunication.
Über den Autor Renate Mayntz
"Renate Mayntz, Professor and Director, Max-Planck-Institut fÿr Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln Thomas P. Hughes, Professor, Dept, of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia"