Power Over Peoples - Headrick, Daniel R.
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Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies bombs and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others. Breathtaking in scope, Power over Peoples is a revealing history of technological innovation, its promise and limitations, and its central role in the rise and fall of empire.

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Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s to America's conflicts in the Middle East today. Daniel Headrick traces the evolution of Western technologies bombs and sheds light on the environmental and social factors that have brought victory in some cases and unforeseen defeat in others. Breathtaking in scope, Power over Peoples is a revealing history of technological innovation, its promise and limitations, and its central role in the rise and fall of empire.
Autorenporträt
Daniel R. Headrick is professor emeritus of social science and history at Roosevelt University. His books include The Tools of Empire and The Earth and Its Peoples.