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Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance
Michael Adas
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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Maps and Illustrations (page ix)
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Acknowledgments (page xi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Part I BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (page 17)
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1 First Encounters: Impressions of Material Culture in an Age of Exploration (page 21)
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2 The Ascendancy of Science: Shifting Views of Non-Western Peoples in the Era of the Enlightenment (page 69)
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Part II THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION (page 129)
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3 Global Hegemony and the Rise of Technology as the Main Measure of Human Achievement (page 133)
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4 Attributes of the Dominant: Scientific and Technological Foundations of the Civilizing Mission (page 199)
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5 The Limits of Diffusion: Science and Technology in the Debate over the African and Asian Capacity for Acculturation (page 271)
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Part III THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (page 343)
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6 The Great War and the Assault on Scientific and Technological Measures of Human Worth (page 345)
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Epilogue: Modernization Theory and the Revival of the Technological Standard (page 402)
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Index (page 419)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 96.4 (Oct. 1991): 1166-1167 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199110%2996%3A4%3C1166%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M |
JMH | 63.3 (Sep. 1991): 557-558 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-8723%28199109%2978%3A2%3C536%3AUAUBTS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 |
PA | 63.3 (Autumn 1990): 379-381 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-851X%28199023%2963%3A3%3C396%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 |
JEH | 50.2 (Jun. 1990): 510-511 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-0507%28199006%2950%3A2%3C510%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 |
JAS | 49.2 (May 1990): 350-352 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28199005%2949%3A2%3C350%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 |
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Published: 1989
Publisher: Cornell University Press
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