| Description |
x, 588 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index. |
| Contents |
Technology and improvement -- Plows and horses -- Power -- Buildings for God and man -- Transforming matter -- Light and time -- Types of change -- Earth, fire, water, and air -- Improving knowledge -- Improvers and engineers -- Raising fire -- Fabrics of change -- Artisans, philosophes, and entrepreneurs -- Airs and lightning -- Mobility -- Messages -- Engineering emerges -- Stuff, reality, and dreams -- The improvement of violence -- Learning -- Dynamics -- Land and life -- Scale -- The corruption of improvement -- Networks -- Improvement's end. |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- History.
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Technological innovations. |
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History. |
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Technology and civilization.
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Technology and civilization. |
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Civilization, Western.
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Civilization, Western. |
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Intellectual life.
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Intellectual life. |
| ISBN |
0262062623 alkaline paper |
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9780262062626 hardback |
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