ENGLISH

Engineering Empires

By Ben Marsden , Crosbie Smith

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2005
ISBN
0333772784, 9780333772782, 9780230504127
Open Library ID
OL10556950M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2865906 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
364\364
Topic
Technique
Library
avaxhome.ws
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

This book will provide a compact scholarly introduction to major issues in the cultural history of science and technology in Britain and the British Empire between 1760 and 1914. Key themes will include: exploration and empire, industry and empire, and communication and empire. By demonstrating, in historical context, the real, complex and changing reactions between science and technology during the imperial expansion of 1780-1914, Engineering an Empire will move beyond the sometimes insular discipline of history of technology to offer something altogether new.

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