Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History
Pacey, Arnold
ISBN 10: 0262660725 ISBN 13: 9780262660723
Published by The MIT Press, 1991
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Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit another.
About the Author: Arnold Pacey is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University, Britain. He is the author of The Culture of Technology (MIT Press, 1983), Technology and World Civilization (MIT Press, 1991), and The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition (MIT Press, 1992).
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Title: Technology in World Civilization: A ...
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: paperback
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