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100 1 _aFriedel, Robert D.
_q(Robert Douglas),
_d1950-
_eauthor.
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245 1 2 _aA culture of improvement :
_btechnology and the Western millennium /
_cRobert Friedel.
264 1 _aCambridge, Mass. :
_bMIT Press,
_c[2007]
264 4 _c©2007
300 _ax, 588 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index.
505 0 0 _tTechnology and Improvement --
_tPlows and Horses --
_tPower --
_tBuildings for God and Man --
_tTransforming Matter --
_tLight and Time --
_tTypes of Change --
_tEarth, Fire, Water, and Air --
_tImproving Knowledge --
_tImprovers and Engineers --
_tRaising Fire --
_tFabrics of Change --
_tArtisans, Philosophes, and Entrepreneurs --
_tAirs and Lightning --
_tMobility --
_tMessages --
_tEngineering Emerges --
_tStuff, Reality, and Dreams --
_tThe Improvement of Violence --
_tLearning --
_tDynamics --
_tLand and Life --
_tScale --
_tThe Corruption of Improvement --
_tNetworks --
_tImprovement's End.
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650 0 _aTechnology and civilization
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650 0 _aCivilization, Western
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650 0 _aIntellectual life
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