History of Technology Volume 24

(Hardback)

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The technical problems confronting different societies in different periods and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, the volumes in this series explore the relationship of technology to other aspects of lifesocial, cultural and economicand show how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it has occurred.

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'[an] impressive special issue...provide illuminating case studies' BJHS, Vlume 39/3, September 2006

Author Bio

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