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Item Details
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SHOCK OF THE OLD
TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL HISTORY SINCE 1900 |
| By: |
David Edgerton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1861973063 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781861973061 |
| Publisher: |
PROFILE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2008 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Translated from: |
English |
| Description: |
Presents the history of technology that casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use. This book assesses the relationship of technology and society, using unrecognized examples such as Spanish synthetic petrol, Japanese rickshaws, American gas chambers, Soviet tractors and Turkish battleships. |
| Synopsis: |
This first ever history of technology casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use. It reassesses the relationship of technology and society, using unrecognised examples such as Spanish synthetic petrol, Japanese rickshaws, American gas chambers, Soviet tractors and Turkish battleships. We do not live in an era of ever increasing change, and the most important technologies of the twenty first century are often overlooked today. Drawing on political, economic and cultural history, The Shock of the Old dispels misplaced futurism and exemplifies a radical new way of looking at our world. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Profile Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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