History of technology.
By: edited by Ian Inkster.
Contributors: Inkster, Ian.; University of London. Institute of Historical Research.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Technology -- History.; Technology -- Social aspects.
Description: "The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Published under the auspices of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.