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The shock of the old : technology and global history since 1900 / David Edgerton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edgerton, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--History--20th century.
- Technology.
- History.
- Technology--Social aspects--History--20th century.
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- Offering a fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, this book radically revises ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. It provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between technology and society as well as invention and innovation themselves.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-247) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0195322835
- 9780195322835
- OCLC:
- 70911161
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