Friedel, Robert D.  1950- <br/><br/>
A culture of improvement :  technology and the Western millennium / 
Robert Friedel. 
 - x, 588 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0262062623 9780262062626 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006050722 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technological innovations--History<br/>Technology and civilization<br/>Civilization, Western<br/>Intellectual life
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T15  / .F774 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.483