Edition |
1st MIT Press pbk. ed. |
Description |
xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index. |
Contents |
An age of Asian technology, AD 700-1100 -- Before the Mongols -- Movements West, 1150-1490 -- Conquest in the Americas, and Asian trade -- Gunpowder empires, 1450-1650 -- Concepts in technology, 1550-1750 -- Three industrial movements, 1700-1815 -- Guns and rails : Asia, Britain and America -- Railroad empires, 1850-1940 -- Scientific revolutions and technical dreams -- Survival technology in the twentieth century. |
Summary |
In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." |
Subject |
Technology -- History.
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Technology transfer -- History.
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ISBN |
0262660725 (pbk.) |
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9780262660723 (pbk.) |
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