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Science and technology in world history / William E. Burns, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Technology--History.
- Technology.
- World history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 volumes)
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California ; Denver, Colorado : ABC-CLIO, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This encyclopedia offers an interdisciplinary approach to studying science and technology within the context of world history. With balanced coverage, a logical organization, and in-depth entries, readers of all inclinations will find useful and interesting information in its contents"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- era 1. Beginnings of human society
- era 2. Early civilizations, 4000-1000 BCE
- era 3. Classical traditions, 1000 BCE-300 CE
- era 4. Expanding regional civilizations, 300-1000 CE
- era 5. Intensified hemispheric interactions, 1000-1500
- era 6. The first global age, 1450-1770
- era 7. The age of revolutions, 1750-1914
- era 8. Crisis and achievement, 1900-1945
- era 9. Promises and paradoxes, 1945-present.
- Notes:
- "This work is a revision and expansion of the Science and technology section of the World history encyclopedia that was published by ABC-CLIO in 2011"--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 9798216011613
- 9798216142270
- 9781440871177
- 1440871175
- OCLC:
- 1120784341
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