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Technology in world civilization : a thousand-year history / Arnold Pacey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1990.Description: xi, 238 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0262161176
  • 0262660725
  • 9780262660723
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 609
LOC classification:
  • T15 P115t 1990
Contents:
An age of Asian technology, AD 700-1100 -- Before the Mongols -- Movements West, 1150-1490 -- Conquest in the Americas, and Asian trade -- Gunpowder empires, 1450-1650 -- Concepts in technology, 1550-1750 -- Three industrial movements, 1700-1815 -- Guns and rails : Asia, Britain and America -- Railroad empires, 1850-1940 -- Scientific revolutions and technical dreams -- Survival technology in the twentieth century.
Summary: In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization."
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) T15 P115t 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000116085

Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.

An age of Asian technology, AD 700-1100 -- Before the Mongols -- Movements West, 1150-1490 -- Conquest in the Americas, and Asian trade -- Gunpowder empires, 1450-1650 -- Concepts in technology, 1550-1750 -- Three industrial movements, 1700-1815 -- Guns and rails : Asia, Britain and America -- Railroad empires, 1850-1940 -- Scientific revolutions and technical dreams -- Survival technology in the twentieth century.

In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization."

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