Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History

Author: Pacey, Arnold

Brand: The MIT Press

Color: Grey

Edition: 6.1.1991

Number Of Pages: 250

Details: 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.

EAN: 9780262660723

Release Date: 01-07-1991

Languages: English

Item Note: Book is in good condition! There is some normal wear from use. The pages are clean and do not have tears, folds, or marks

Item Condition: UsedGood

Binding: Paperback

PartNumber: 44