Engineering Society The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Mod

Explaining crime by reference to abnormalities of the brain is just one example of how the human and social sciences have influenced the approach to social problems in Western societies since 1880. Focusing on applications such as penal policy, therapy, a

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Engineering Society The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880–1980

Edited by

Kerstin Brückweh, Dirk Schumann, Richard F. Wetzell and Benjamin Ziemann

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Engineering Society

10.1057/9781137284501 - Engineering Society, Edited by Kerstin Brückweh, Dirk Schumann, Richard F. Wetzell and Benjamin Ziemann

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10.1057/9781137284501 - Engineering Society, Edited by Kerstin Brückweh, Dirk Schumann, Richard F. Wetzell and Benjamin Ziemann

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Also by Dirk Schumann

Engineering Society

Edited by

Kerstin Brückweh Research Fellow, German Historical Institute London

Dirk Schumann Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Richard F. Wetzell Research Fellow, German Historical Institute Washington DC

and

Benjamin Ziemann Professor of Modern German History, University of Sheffield

10.1057/9781137284501 - Engineering Society, Edited by Kerstin Brückweh, Dirk Schumann, Richard F. Wetzell and Benjamin Ziemann

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The Role of the Human and Social Sciences in Modern Societies, 1880–1980

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