Andrew Ede (University of Alberta)

Technology and Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Technology and Society: A World History, ranging from the age of stone tools to the digital revolution, offers an introduction to the history of technology for students in history programs; science, technology and society (STS) programs; and engineering-humanities courses. It will also appeal to history or social studies teachers as a resource.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 788g
• ISBN-13: 9781108425605
• ISBN-10: 1108425607
• Artikelnr.: 53445569

Autorenporträt

Andrew Ede is a historian of science and technology whose research focuses on the intersection of science and technology in the twentieth century. He is the Director and founder of the Science, Technology and Society Program at the University of Alberta. Professor Ede earned his doctorate at the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at the University of Toronto. With Lesley B. Cormack, he is the co-author of the best-selling A History of Science in Society (3rd edition, 2016). He is a member of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Science, the History of Science Society, and the Society for the History of Technology, and was the program coordinator for the Three Societies Meeting in 2016.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: thinking about technology
2. Technology and our ancient ancestors
3. Origins of civilizations
4. The Eastern age
5. The Mediterranean world to the Islamic Renaissance
6. The European agrarian revolution and the proto-industrial revolution
7. The Industrial Revolution and the rise of European power
8. The Atlantic era I
9. Domestic technology: bringing new technology to the people
10. The second Industrial Revolution and globalization
11. The digital age
12. Conclusion: technological challenges
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