Technology in World Civilization A Thousand-Year History

Name: Technology in World Civilization A Thousand-Year History
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ISBN: 9780262660723

ISBN-10: 0262660725

ISBN-13: 9780262660723

Edition: 1991

Authors: Arnold Pacey

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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. Arnold Pacey is a physicist turned historian whose publications have contributed to the British appropriate-technology movement. He has written widely on science, technology, and agriculture. His previous books include The Maze of Ingenuityand The Culture of Technology.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 7/1/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Arnold Pacey is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University,Britain. He is the author of The Culture of Technology (MITPress, 1983), Technology and World Civilization (MIT Press,1991), and The Maze of Ingenuity, second edition (MIT Press,1992).