A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: x, 588 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0262062623
- 9780262062626
- 303.483 22
- T15 .F774 2007
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.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 303.483 FRI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A401335B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index.
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.
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