The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900

Forsideomslag
Profile Books, 2008 - 270 sider
Offering a fresh way of thinking about the history of technology, this book radically revises ideas about the interaction of technology and society in the past and in the present. It provides an entirely new way of looking historically at the relationship between technology and society as well as invention and innovation themselves.

Om forfatteren (2008)

Born in Montevideo in 1959, David Edgerton is one of Britain's leading historians, and has challenged conventional analyses of technology for 20 years. Currently the Hans Rausing Professor at Imperial College London, he writes for the broadsheet press and is a regular on television and radio. He lives in London.

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TitelThe Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900
ForfatterDavid Edgerton
Udgaveillustreret, genoptrykt
UdgiverProfile Books, 2008
ISBN1861973063, 9781861973061
Længde270 sider
  
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