Colonial Technology - Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia

Klappentext An important study of the transfer of technology to Australia in the nineteenth century. Zusammenfassung This important study examines the transfer of technology to Australia in the nineteenth century! arguing that this was not a simple relationship of dependency. Using case studies! and considering a range of economic! political and cultural factors! Jan Todd traces a process of creative adaptation to these technologies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Overview: 1. Dependency at the periphery: debates and questions; 2. Cross-currents of change; Part II. Microbes, Rabbits and Sheep: 3. Microbes versus poisonous plants; 4. Contagion, conflict and compromise; 5. From Paris to Narrandera; 6. From foreign to domestic capability; Part III. Rocks, Cyanide and Gold: 7. Australian gold, British chemists; 8. Transfer agents and colonial connections; 9. A challenge for technological imperialists; 10. governments, experts and institutional adjustment; 11. From Glasgow to Kalgoorlie; 12. Out of the hands of 'rule-of-thumb' men; Part IV. Linkages, Learning and Sovereignty: 13. Transfer, diffusion and learning; 14. Colonial science: an intellectual bridge; 15. Toward an Australian system; Notes; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Todd Jan, Jan Todd
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2009
• EAN: 9780521109840
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10984-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Series: Studies in Australian History; Studies in Australian History
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Technology: general issues, Regional Geography