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Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0011
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0012
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0013
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0014
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0015
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0016
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0017
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0018
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0019
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.001.0001
EISBN: 9780262366298
The new edition of a milestone work on the global history of technology. This milestone history of technology, first published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent research, broke new ground by taking a global view, avoiding the conventional Eurocentric perspective and placing the development of technology squarely in the context of a “world civilization.” Case studies include “technological dialogues” between China and West Asia in the eleventh century, medieval African states and the Islamic world, and the United States and Japan post-1950. It examines railway empires through the examples of Russia and Japan and explores current synergies of innovation in energy supply and smartphone technology through African cases. The book uses the term “technological dialogue” to challenge the top-down concept of “technology transfer,” showing instead that technologies are typically modified to fit local needs and conditions, often triggering further innovation. The authors trace these encounters and exchanges over a thousand years, examining changes in such technologies as agriculture, firearms, printing, electricity, and railroads. A new chapter brings the narrative into the twenty-first century, discussing technological developments including petrochemicals, aerospace, and digitalization from often unexpected global viewpoints and asking what new kind of industrial revolution is needed to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene.
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0001
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0002
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0003
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0004
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0005
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0006
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0007
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0008
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0009
EISBN: 9780262366298
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 03 August 2021
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11467.003.0010
EISBN: 9780262366298