TY - BOOK AU - Contreras,Manuel E.. TI - The Formation of a Technical Elite in Latin America : : Mining Enginneering and the Engineering Profession in Bolivia 1900-1954 U1 - 622 PY - 1990/// CY - Estados Unidos : PB - Columbia University, N1 - Empastado; Contenido: Introduction -- The Setting: Bolivian Economic and Educational Development -- Engineering Education -- Engineering Education in Oruro -- Technical Education: The Escuela Nacional de Minería 1906-1917 -- Engineering Education I : The Escuela Nacional de Ingeniería 1918-1932 -- Engineering Education II : The Facultad Nacional de Ingeniería 1936-1954 -- Engineering Education in Potosi, La Paz and Abroad -- Technical an Engineering Education in Potosi -- Engineering Education in La Paz -- Engineering Education Abroad -- Engineering Supply -- Engineering Education in a Wider Perpective -- The Bolivian Experience in an International Contex -- Engineering Practice -- Engineering Practice and Organization -- Engineering and the State -- Engineering and Society: Organization and Participation -- Engineering and Mining -- Engineering in Patiño Mines -- Engineering in COMIBOL 1952-1954 -- Conclusions ER -