These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical questionthat has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent,and by what means, does a society's techno

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Examines the interrelation between technology and international politics since the nineteenth century.

Highly readable, profusely illustrated survey relates technology to history of every age: food production, metalworking, mining, steam power, transportation, el

Providing a global perspective on the development of American technology, Technology and American Society offers a historical narrative detailing major technolo