Technology and Society
A World History

Technology and Society: A World History explores the creative power of humanity from the age of stone tools to the digital revolution. It introduces technology as a series of systems that allowed us to solve real-world problems and create a global civilization. The history of technology is also the history of the intellectual and cultural place of our tools and devices. With a broad view of technology, we can see that some of the most powerful technologies such as education and government produce no physical object but have allowed us to coordinate our inventive skills and pass knowledge through the ages. Yet although all human communities depend on technology, there are unexpected consequences from the use of technology which, as Ede shows, form a crucial part of this rich story.

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'Sweeping, scholarly and clear, Andrew Ede's Technology and Society: A World History is the book that many historians of technology have been waiting for: a lively, well-researched text for those who aim to teach a more global story of the built world, and one reaching back to the origins of humanity.' Matthew H. Hersch, Harvard University

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Product details

• Date Published: November 2019
• format: Paperback
• isbn: 9781108441087
• length: 332 pages

• dimensions: 246 x 174 x 16 mm
• weight: 0.67kg
• contains: 51 b/w illus. 4 maps 22 tables
• availability: Available