Technology and Society A World History
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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…
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Key features
- Technology is presented as a system, not as a series of objects
- Readers gain an appreciation of the historical importance of both intellectual ability and community action
- Integrates discussion of a range of philosophical and historiographical positions with common historical conditions of change
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108348539
- Subjects Global History,History,History of Science and Technology
- Format: Hardback
- Publication date: 19 December 2019
- ISBN: 9781108425605
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.8kg
- Contains: 51 b/w illus. 4 maps 22 tables
- Page extent: 332 pages
- Availability: Available, despatch within 1-2 weeks
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 19 December 2019
- ISBN: 9781108441087
- Dimensions (mm): 247 x 174 mm
- Weight: 0.67kg
- Contains: 51 b/w illus. 4 maps 22 tables
- Page extent: 332 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 17 September 2020
- ISBN: 9781108348539
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