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The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940

By Daniel R. Headrick

Book information

Year
1988
ISBN
0195051165, 9780195051162
LCC
JC359 .H39 1988
Open Library ID
OL2377243M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
23 MB (23662365 bytes)
Pages
416\416
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Daniel Headrick examines why the massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies did not spark an industrial revolution in those countries. Rather than spurring economic progress, he argues, the transfer of stock technology between 1850 and 1940 caused the traditional self-sufficient economies of the colonial regions to be stuck in a state of underdevelopment, a legacy which burdens these countries to this day.

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