Search Results: Gentlemen Engineers by Richard White

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Toronto, ON, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 262 pages including notes, bibliography and index. Tells the engaging story of the working lives of Frank and Walter Shanly, two well-connected nineteenth-century Canadian civil engineers and businessmen who worked on many of the significant projects of the age. An important contribution to our understanding of the professionalization of civil engineering, and to the modernization of business practices in nineteenth-century Canada. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket in nice Brodart cover. Beautiful copy. Gift quality..

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 262 pages; ill.; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The Shanly boys leave home -- Learning on the job -- A rough ride on the Grand Trunk Railway -- Boldness and weakness: Frank Shanly, 1855-1882 -- Honour and pride: Walter Shanly, 1855-1899 -- Gentlemen engineers. Subjects: Shanly, Francis 1820-1882; Shanly, Walter 1817-1899; Civil engineers Ontario; Biography; Science & Technology; Business; Ontario History 19th century.