Technology in World Civilization
A Thousand-Year History
$89.42
- Paperback
356 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2021
Summary
A 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 ex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262542463 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262542463 |
| Author: | Arnold Pacey, Francesca Bray |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 356 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 368g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“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
About The Author
Arnold Pacey
Arnold Pacey is the author of The Culture of Technology, Meaning in Technology, and The Maze of Ingenuity. 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.
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