Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History
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- Synopsis
- Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit another.Arnold Pacey is a physicist turned historian whose publications have contributed to the British appropriate-technology movement. He has written widely on science, technology, and agriculture. His previous books include The Maze of Ingenuity and The Culture of Technology.
- Copyright:
- 1990
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 238 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780262660723
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- Date of Addition:
- 03/24/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Arnold Pacey
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Technology, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.