Technological Choices

Transformation in Material Cultures Since the Neolithic
Herausgeber: Lemonnier, Pierre

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Technological Choices deals with the adoption or rejection by society of technological technique s and processes. Contribtors demonstrate that such choices result largely from cultural factors rath er than benefits inherent in the technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 161mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 866g
• ISBN-13: 9780415073318
• ISBN-10: 0415073316
• Artikelnr.: 21817243

Autorenporträt

Pierre Lemonnier

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Pierre Lemonnier Chapter 1. North Wind
South Wind. Neolithic technical choices in the Jura Mountains
3700-2400 BC
Pierre Petrequin Chapter 2. The Watch and the Waterclock. Technological choices/social choices
Genevieve Bedoucha Chapter 3. The Reindeerman's lasso
Tim Ingold Chapter 4. Pigs as Ordinary Wealth. Technical logic
exchange and leadership in New Guinea
Pierre Lemonnier Chapter 5. Pottery Techniques in India. Technical variants and social choice
Marie-Claude Mahias Chapter 6. Of Mills and Waterwheels. The hidden parameters of technological choices
Robert Cresswell Chapter 7. Technical Innovation and Cultural Resistance. The social weight of plowing in the vineyards of les Corbieres (Languedoc)
Georges Guille-Escuret Chapter 8. The Hunter and his Gun in Haute-Provence
Nicolas Govoroff