David Edgerton

Broschiertes Buch

The Shock of the Old

Technology and Global History Since 1900

Beschreibung

From the books of H.G. Wells to the press releases of NASA, we are awash in clichéd claims about high technology's ability to change the course of history. Now, in The Shock of the Old, David Edgerton offers a startling new and fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, radically revising our ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. He challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used-and continue to use-rather than just sophisticated inventions.

Autor

David Edgerton is the Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College, London, where he was the founding director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9780199832613
• ISBN-10: 0199832617
• Artikelnr.: 37252591