Author : Arnold Pacey
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262660723
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Technology in World Civilization by : Arnold Pacey
Download or read book Technology in World Civilization written by Arnold Pacey and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit another.