Technology and European Overseas Enterprise - Diffusion, Adaptation and Adoption

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Michael Adas

Zusammenfassung

Technological innovation was crucial to the process of European expansion: advances in astronomy and navigation and changes in weaponry all contributed to the emergence of European commercial enclaves in Africa and Asia, and the conquest of the Americas.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Michael Adas (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.03.1996
• EAN: 9780860785255
• ISBN: 978-0-86078-525-5
• Seiten: 464
• Gewicht: 453 g
• Serie: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / World, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, International Relations, Technology: general issues, General & world history, Economic history, General and world history, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies