Machines as the measure of men : science, technology, and ideologies of Western dominance /
| Основен автор: | Adas, Michael, 1943- |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cornell University Press, 1994, c1989.
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| Серия: |
Cornell studies in comparative history.
Cornell paperbacks. |
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Съдържание:
- Pt.1. Before the Industrial Revolution. First encounters: impressions of material culture in an age of exploration ; The ascendancy of science: shifting views of non-western peoples in the era of Enlightenment.
- Pt.2. The age of industrialization. Global hegemony and the rise of technology as the main measure of human achievement ; Attributes of the dominant: scientific and technological foundations of the civilizing mission ; The limits of diffusion: science and technology in the debate over the African and Asian capacity for acculturation.
- Pt.3. The twentieth century. The Great War and the assault on scientific and technological measures of human worth ; Epilogue: Modernization theory and the revival of the technological standard.