Engineers and economic conversion : : from the military to the marketplace / [electronic resource] / Patricia L. MacCorquodale ... [et al.], editors.. — New York : : Springer-Verlag,, c1993.. — xiv, 273 p. : : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Economic conversion : why, what, and when / Andrew Jameton ... [et al.] -- The macroeconomic and political structure of economic conversion / Lloyd J. Dumas -- Engineers and economic conversion : a psychological perspective / Melissa Everett -- Economic conversion in perspective : the values and ethics of engineers / Eve E. Gagné -- Engineers' perspectives on defense work and economic conversion / Eugene J. Vitale -- National technology priorities and economic conversion / Kent H. Hughes -- The labor economics of conversion : prospects for military-dependent engineers and scientists / Joel Yudken and Ann Markusen -- The engineering profession and local economic adjustment / Kenneth Matzkin -- The sociology of the engineering profession : engineers and economic conversion / Evan Vlachos -- Economic conversion and global justice : the moral issues / Andrew Jameton.Economic conversion and engineers : what do we know? / Patricia L. MacCorquodale, Martha W. Gilliland, and Jeffrey P. Kash -- Public policy directions / Martha W. Gilliland, Patricia L. MacCorquodale, and Jeffrey P. Kash.



ISBN: 0387940057 (New York : acid-free paper) 9780387940052 (New York : acid-free paper) 3540940057 (Berlin : acid-free paper) 9783540940050 (Berlin : acid-free paper)

LCCN: 92040393

Nat. Bib. No.: 931483034 dnb

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Engineering--Economic aspects--United States.
Economic conversion--United States.

LC Class. No.: TA23 / .E55 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 338.4/76233/0973