Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History

ISBN-13: 9780262542463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 356 str.

Arnold Pacey; Francesca Bray

Recenzje

Arnold Pacey collaborates with Francesca Bray in a new edition of his classic survey, Technology in World Civilization (TWC). What a delight it is!
Technology and Culture

Spis treści

Preface to the Revised Edition
Co-author's Note
Credits for Illustrations
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 Agro-ecology 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
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Arnold Pacey is the author of The Culture of Technology, Meaning in Technology, and The Maze of Ingenuity, all published by the MIT Press. He is a recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal for the History of Technology. Francesca Bray's recent books include Technology, Gender and History in Imperial China and Rice: Global Networks and New Histories. She is coeditor of the forthcoming Cambridge History of Technology and a recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal for the History of Technology.