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Technology in Western civilization, Vol. 1
Melvin. Kranzberg and Carroll W. Pursell
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Frontmatter
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Part I THE EMERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY
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1 / The Importance of Technology in Human Affairs (MELVIN KRANZBERG AND CARROLL W. PURSELL, JR., page 3)
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2 / The Beginnings of Technology and Man (R. J. FORBES, page 11)
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3 / Mesopotamian and Egyptian Technology (R. J. FORBES, page 26)
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4 / The Classical Civilizations (A. G. DRACHMANN, page 47)
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5 / Technology in the Middle Ages (LYNN WHITE, JR., page 66)
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6 / Early Modern Technology, to 1600 (A. RUPERT HALL, page 79)
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Part II BACKGROUND OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1600-1750
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7 / Cultural, Intellectual, and Social Foundations, 1600-1750 (A. RUPERT HALL, page 107)
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8 / Economic and Political Developments, 1600-1750 (SHEPARD B. CLOUGH, page 118)
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9 / The Agricultural Revolution, 1600-1850 (G. E. FUSSELL, page 128)
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10 / Metallurgy in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries (CYRIL STANLEY SMITH, page 142)
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11 / Instrumentation (SILVIO A. BEDINI AND DEREK J. DE SOLLA PRICE, page 168)
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12 / Transportation and Construction, 1300-1800 The Rise of Modern Civil Engineering (JAMES KIP FINCH, page 187)
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Part III THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, 1750-1830 (page 215)
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13 / Prerequisites for Industrialization (MELVIN KRANZBERG, page 217)
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14 / The Textile Industry, 1750-1830 (ABBOTT PAYSON USHER, page 230)
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15 / The Steam Engine Before 1830 (EUGENE S. FERGUSON, page 245)
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16 / Metallurgical and Machine-Tool Developments (EUGENE S. FERGUSON, page 264)
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17 / Steam Transportation (EUGENE S. FERGUSON, page 284)
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18 / The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution (ERIC E. LAMPARD, page 302)
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Part IV THE AGE OF STEAM AND IRON, 1830-1880 (page 323)
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19 / The Invention of Invention (JOHN B. RAE, page 325)
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20 / Energy Conversion (JOHN B. RAE, page 336)
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21 / Mining and Metallurgical Production, 1800-1880 (CYRIL STANLEY SMITH, page 349)
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22 / Buildings and Construction (CARL W. CONDIT, page 367)
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23 / Machines and Machine Tools, 1830-1880 (CARROLL W. PURSELL, JR., page 392)
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24 / Food and Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century (GEORG BORGSTROM, page 408)
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25 / Locomotives, Railways, and Steamships (ROGER BURLINGAME, page 425)
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26 / The Beginning of Electricity (BERN DIBNER, page 437)
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27 / Communications (BERN DIBNER, page 452)
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28 / Industrial Chemistry in the Nineteenth Century (ROBERT P. MULTHAUF, page 468)
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29 / Military Technology (THOMAS A. PALMER, page 489)
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30 / The Spread of the Industrial Revolution (HERBERT HEATON, page 503)
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31 / The Economic Consequences of Technological Change, 1830-1880 (NATHAN ROSENBERG, page 515)
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32 / Population Movements and Urbanization (SAM B. WARNER, JR., page 532)
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33 / Effects of Technology on Domestic Life, 1830-1880 (ANTHONY N. B. GARVAN, page 546)
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Part V THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGICAL FULFILLMENT, 1880-1900
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34 / Applications of Electricity (HAROLD I. SHARLIN, page 563)
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35 / Electrical Generation and Transmission (HAROLD I. SHARLIN, page 578)
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36 / Metallurgy: Science and Practice Before 1900 (CYRIL STANLEY SMITH, page 592)
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37 / Buildings and Construction, 1880-1900 (CARL W. CONDIT, page 602)
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38 / Machines and Tools (ROBERT S. WOODBURY, page 620)
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39 / Late Nineteenth-Century Communications: Techniques and Machines (THOMAS M. SMITH, page 636)
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40 / The Beginnings of the Internal-Combustion Engine (LYNWOOD BRYANT, page 648)
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41 / Expansion of the Petroleum and Chemical Industries, 1880-1900 (ARTHUR M. JOHNSON, page 664)
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42 / Mass Production For Mass Consumption (HAROLD F. WILLIAMSON, page 678)
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43 / Imperialism and Technology (RONDO CAMERON, page 692)
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44 / Expositions of Technology, 1851-1900 (EUGENE S. FERGUSON, page 706)
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45 / Technology and Culture at the End of the Nineteenth Century: The Will to Power (CHARLES L. SANFORD, page 726)
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Epilogue (page 739)
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Readings and References (page 745 )
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Contributors (page 775 )
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Subject Index (page 781 )
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Name Index (page 797 )
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JEH | 29.2 (Jun. 1969): 366-368 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28196906%2929%3A2%3C366%3ATIWC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V |
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Published: 1967
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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