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History of Technology Volume 22: History of Technology

Editat de Dr. Graham Hollister-Short
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2001
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
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780826453396
ISBN-10: 0826453392
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.58 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Seria History of Technology

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Graham Hollister-Short is an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.

Cuprins

ContentsEditorialThe ContributorsNotes for ContributorsA Failure to Communicate: The Demise of ELDOStephen B. Johnson, University of North DakotaBuilding a Hybrid Landscape to Purify the Ruhr Region, 1890-1935Edmund N. Todd, University of New HavenThe Craft of the Bell Founder: The Chyaryshnikovs, a Russian Bell-Founding FamilyTatyana Shashkina, Odessa, UkraineJohn Farey and his Treatise on the Steam Engine of 1827A.P. Woolrich, Bridgewater, SomersetSummer Breeze and Flushing Toilet: Deception and Reality about our Technical PastMichael Fores, LondonThe Establishment of the Society of Chemical Engineers in pre-War JapanYuji Jido, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, JapanWilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1777-1855), A German Engineer of Mining and Metallurgy in Portugal and BrazilFriedrich Toussaint, Velbert-Neviges, GermanySYMPOSIUM: THE CURRENT STATE OF THE HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY IN BRITAINIntroductionGraham Hollister-ShortReflections on the History of Technology in BritainDavid Edgerton, Imperial College, LondonThe Flourishing History of Technology in the United Kingdom: A Critique of Antiquarian Complaints of 'Neglect'Graeme Gooday, University of LeedsWhere is the History of Technology?Rupert Hall, formerly Imperial College, LondonReflections on the Decline of the History of Technology in BritainR. Angus Buchanan, University of BathSome Thoughts on the History of Technology and its Current Condition in BritainH.S. Torrens, Keele UniversityPursuing Big Books: Technological Change in Global HistoryIan Inkster, Nottingham Trent UniversityHistory of Technology in German. A Success Story?Hans-Joachim Braun, Universitat der Bundeswehr HamburgContents of Former Volumes

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