History of Technology Volume 25

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores the relationship of technology to other aspects of life - social, cultural and economic - showing how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.>

About the author

Ian Inkster is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Ian Inkster
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.12.2004
• EAN: 9780826471871
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-7187-1
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: History of Technology; History of Technology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology