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Technology in world civilization : a thousand-year history / Arnold Pacey, Francesca Bray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pacey, Arnold, author.
- Bray, Francesca, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--History.
- Technology.
- History.
- Technology transfer--History.
- Technology transfer.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "General introduction to the history of technology privileging a global view over typical Eurocentrist takes on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. An Age Of Asian Technology, Ad 700
- 1100
- 2. Complexes And Contrasts In Basic Technology, Ad 1100
- 1260
- 3. Movements West, 1150
- 1490
- 4. Agroecology In The Americas And Asian Trade
- 5. Gunpowder Empires, 1450
- 1650
- 6. Printing, Books, And Ideas About Technology, 1550
- 1750
- 7. Three Industrial Movements, 1700
- 1815
- 8. Guns And Rails: Asia, Britain, And America
- 9. Railway Empires, 1850
- 1940
- 10. Scientific Discoveries And Technical Dreams, 1860
- 1960
- 11. Technologies For Health, Food, And Basic Needs
- 12. Into The Twenty-First Century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780262542463
- 0262542463
- OCLC:
- 1176323979
- Publisher Number:
- 99988110636
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