Science and Technology in Modern European Life

Informationen zum Autor Guillaume de Syon teaches history at Albright College, USA. He is the author of Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939 , and of articles on the social and cultural history of technology. Klappentext The last two centuries have seen unprecedented change in the everyday lives of Europeans. From the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Cold War, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, many of these changes were greatly influenced by the scientific and technological advances that took place during that period. This volume in the Daily Life Through History series examines how science and technology impacted the everyday life of modern Europeans in all aspects from of their lives. Science and Technology in Modern European Life shows how science and technology influenced every aspect of daily life: . Transportation: From horse and carriage to the iron horse (the locomotive) and the horseless carriage . Communication: The expansion of mass culture from the advent of the newspaper and the picture postcard to the development of the internet . War and Imperialism: How European technology enabled the colonization of much of the rest of the world, and how the changes in war technology forever altered how war is carried out . The Home: The great changes of household technology, and how these changes altered the relationship between men and women Zusammenfassung Providea a summary of the impact science and technology has had in the last two hundred years in the daily lives of Europeans. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication Preface Chronology Introduction: Revolutions Chapter 1 Agriculture: From Farm to Town Chapter 2 Building the City and its Urban Culture Chapter 3 The Rail in All its Expressions Chapter 4 Sell Your Horse and Buy a Car Chapter 5 Navigating the Earth and Heavenly Seas Chapter 6 Communicating Chapter 7 The Specter of War Chapter 8 Energy Chapter 9 Technology in the Home and the Office Chapter 10 Medical Awareness Chapter 11 Scientific Challenges Chapter 12 Conclusion: A Global Experience? Bibliography ...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Guillaume de Syon, Guillaume P. de Syon, Guillaume De Syon
• Verlag: Greenwood Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.10.2008
• EAN: 9780313337680
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33768-0
• Seiten: 205
• Abmessung: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Serien: Daily Life Through History; The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Science and Technology in Everyday Life; Daily Life through History; The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series: Science and Technology in Everyday Life
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Arbeits-, Wirtschafts- und Industriesoziologie; Technology, Europe, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, History of Science, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies