Civil Engineering History : Engineers Make History - Proceedings of the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History Held in Conjunction with the ASCE National Convention in Washington, D.C,

The proceedings, ""Civil Engineering History: Engineers Make History"", contains papers presented at the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History held in Washington, D.C., November 10-13, 1996. This collection presents the history of civil engineering from a variety of perspectives. Some papers explore history from the point-of-view of the people who lived it, while others emphasize what today's civil engineer should know about their past.