{"product_id":"technology-in-world-civilization-revised-and-expanded-edition-isbn-9780262542463","title":"Technology in World Civilization, revised and expanded edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of a milestone work on the global history of technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis milestone history of technology, first published in 1990 and now revised and expanded in light of recent research, broke new ground by taking a global view, avoiding the conventional Eurocentric perspective and placing the development of technology squarely in the context of a \"world civilization.\" Case studies include \"technological dialogues\" between China and West Asia in the eleventh century, medieval African states and the Islamic world, and the United States and Japan post-1950. It examines railway empires through the examples of Russia and Japan and explores current synergies of innovation in energy supply and smartphone technology through African cases.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book uses the term \"technological dialogue\" to challenges the top-down concept of \"technology transfer,\" showing instead that technologies are typically modified to fit local needs and conditions, often triggering further innovation. The authors trace these encounters and exchanges over a thousand years, examining changes in such technologies as agriculture, firearms, printing, electricity, and railroads. A new chapter brings the narrative into the twenty-first century, discussing technological developments including petrochemicals, aerospace, and digitalization from often unexpected global viewpoints and asking what new kind of industrial revolution is needed to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene.Preface to the Revised Edition\u003cbr\u003eCo-author's Note\u003cbr\u003eCredits for Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e1 An Age of Asian Technology, AD 700-1100\u003cbr\u003e2 Complexes and Contrasts in Basic Technology, AD 1100-1260\u003cbr\u003e3 Movements West, 1150-1490\u003cbr\u003e4 Agro-ecology in the Americas, and Asian Trade\u003cbr\u003e5 Gunpowder Empires, 1450-1650\u003cbr\u003e6 Printing, Books, and Ideas about Technology, 1550-1750\u003cbr\u003e7 Three Industrial Movements, 1700-1815\u003cbr\u003e8 Guns and Rails: Asia, Britain, and America\u003cbr\u003e9 Railway Empires, 1850-1940\u003cbr\u003e10 Scientific Discoveries and Technical Dreams, 1860-1960\u003cbr\u003e11 Technologies for Health, Food, and Basic Needs\u003cbr\u003e12 Into the Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex“Arnold Pacey collaborates with Francesca Bray in a new edition of his classic survey, \u003ci\u003eTechnology in World Civilization \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eTWC\u003c\/i\u003e). What a delight it is!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Technology and Culture\u003c\/b\u003e“A marvelous, sweeping chronological history of the world as a technological conversation among its cultural centers, which the authors ground in the careful analysis of technical details and everyday activities. Indispensable.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBarbara Hahn, author of \u003ci\u003eTechnology in the Industrial Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This remarkably inclusive history defies easy classification and offers as much to entrepreneurs and ethicists as it does to devotees of history.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKathryn A. Neeley, Department of Engineering and Society, University of Virginia\u003c\/b\u003eArnold Pacey is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Culture of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeaning in Technology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Maze of Ingenuity\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by the MIT Press. He is a recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal for the History of Technology. Francesca Bray's recent books include \u003ci\u003eTechnology, Gender and History in Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRice: Global Networks and New Histories\u003c\/i\u003e. She is coeditor of the forthcoming \u003ci\u003eCambridge History of Technology\u003c\/i\u003e and a recipient of the Leonardo da Vinci Medal for the History of Technology.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302339858661,"sku":"NP9780262542463","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262542463.jpg?v=1767737839","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/technology-in-world-civilization-revised-and-expanded-edition-isbn-9780262542463","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}