Technology in world civilization : a thousand-year history / Arnold Pacey.

Author/creator Pacey, Arnold
Format Book
Edition1st MIT Press ed.
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1990.
Descriptionxi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents An age of Asian technology, AD 700-1100 -- Before the Mongols -- Movements West, 1150-1490 -- Conquest in the Americas, and Asian trade -- Gunpowder empires, 1450-1650 -- Concepts in technology, 1550-1750 -- Three industrial movements, 1700-1815 -- Guns and rails : Asia, Britain and America - - Railroad empires, 1850-1940 -- Scientific revolutions and technical dreams -- Survival technology in the twentieth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 218-225) and index.
LCCN 89012801
ISBN0262161176

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks T15 .P353 1990 ✔ Available Place Hold