Technology and the West: A Historical Anthology from Technology and Culture
University of Chicago Press, 1997
Paper: 978-0-226-71034-1 | Cloth: 978-0-226-71033-4
Library of Congress Classification T15.T42 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 609
Paper: 978-0-226-71034-1 | Cloth: 978-0-226-71033-4
Library of Congress Classification T15.T42 1997
Dewey Decimal Classification 609
ABOUT THIS BOOK | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This broad-ranging anthology provides a condensed overview of technology in Western civilization. Its twenty-one carefully selected articles and overview essays demonstrate the complex relationship between technological and social change from antiquity to the present. Specific topics include the origins of contemporary social and political institutions in the irrigation civilizations of antiquity, technology and the military, popular perceptions of the early industrial revolution in Europe, the difference between invention and innovation, the role of government in the development of technology, the nature of technical expertise, and nuclear power and the environment.
General readers and students will find this collection accessible and engaging.
General readers and students will find this collection accessible and engaging.
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