 Engineering the World: The Rise of American Mining Engineering, 1880s-1920s
By Jeremy Mouat, 2005 Fellow
October 28, 2005 3:30-5 p.m
Wyoming Stock Grower's Room
Free and Open to the public, with a reception to follow the lecture |
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Jeremy Mouat |
| Jeremy Mouat, Professor of History at the University of Alberta, in his talk, “Engineering the World: The Rise of American Mining Engineering, 1880s-1920s," will explore the emergence of a group of university-educated engineers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A group of mostly American men came to dominate the world's mining industry in a remarkably brief period, and at a time when the industry was undergoing profound change. In the United States the mining engineer at that time came to be celebrated as a representative of the country's technological expertise. Mouat's talk, based heavily on American Heritage Center collections, in exploring the emergence of mining engineers, sheds light on the complex relationships between national identity, commercial interests, and the increasingly connected world of the Twentieth century.
The American Heritage Center selected Dr. Mouat to be its 2005
Bernard L. Majewski Fellow. The Majewski Fellowship honors the late
petroleum industry pioneer Bernard L. Majewski. It is funded by
a generous endowment given to the AHC by the late Thelma Majewski. |
