A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium /

The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, 'A Culture of Improvement' documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedel, Robert D. (Robert Douglas), 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Civilization, Western.
Intellectual life.
Technological innovations > History.
Technology and civilization.
Innovations > Histoire.
Technologie et civilisation.
Civilisation occidentale.
Vie intellectuelle.
Civilization, Western
Intellectual life
Technological innovations
Technology and civilization
Technischer Fortschritt
Technische vernieuwing.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Teknik > historia.
Teknikutveckling > historia.
Teknik och samhälle.
Westliche Welt
Westerse wereld.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Technology and improvement
  • Plows and horses
  • Power
  • Buildings for God and man
  • Transforming matter
  • Light and time
  • Types of change
  • Earth, fire, water, and air
  • Improving knowledge
  • Improvers and engineers
  • Raising fire
  • Fabrics of change
  • Artisans, philosophes, and entrepreneurs
  • Airs and lightning
  • Mobility
  • Messages
  • Engineering emerges
  • Stuff, reality, and dreams
  • The improvement of violence
  • Learning
  • Dynamics
  • Land and life
  • Scale
  • The corruption of improvement
  • Networks
  • Improvement's end.

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