History of Technology 2000 (History of Technology)
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: August 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780826453396
Subjects: History of engineering & technology; History Of Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Reference; Encyclopedias
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. History of Technology, Volume 22 deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relation of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred. Published under the auspices of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London."--Bloomsbury Publishing.