History of Technology Volume 34 - Hardcover

Ian Inkster

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1350085596 ISBN 13: 9781350085596

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

Synopsis

Despite having undergone major advances in recent years, the history of technology in Latin America is still an understudied topic. This is the first English-language volume to bring together a variety of critical perspectives on the history of technology in Latin America from the early nineteenth century through to the present day. This special issue, assembled by guest editor David Pretel, brings together a range of experts to explore a plethora of topics in Latin America's technological history. Papers include a study of rural telephony in in 20th-century Latin America; the rise of the Techno-class in modern Brazil; an analysis of the rise and fall of three Caribbean commodities; the history of educational technology in Latin America, and science and technology in Cold War Chile. Special Issue: Technology in Latin American History Edited by David Pretel (Colegio de Mexico, Mexico) and Helge Wendt (Max Plank Institute for the History of Science, Germany)

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About the Author

Ian Inkster is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350085596
• ISBN 13: 9781350085596
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Ian Inkster