The Tentacles of Progress Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of History, Professor of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago)

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The Tentacles of Progress by Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of History, Professor of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago)

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This study analyzes why a massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies between 1850 and 1940 did not create an industrial revolution in those countries. It argues that the transfer of technology caused some colonial regions to become locked in a state of underdevelopment.

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The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 by Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of History, Professor of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago)

Daniel Headrick examines why the massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies did not spark an industrial revolution in those countries. Rather than spurring economic progress, he argues, the transfer of stock technology between 1850 and 1940 caused the traditional self-sufficient economies of the colonial regions to be stuck in a state of underdevelopment, a legacy which burdens these countries to this day.

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`Headrick's wide reading of the secondary literatures is evident in his accounts of the global shipping industry and of Hong Kong's water supply and sanitation, in his reading of hydraulic imperialism in Egypt, in his discussion of technical education in West Africa and in his commentary on economic botany and the tropical plantations of Empire ... this is a very valuable book indeed. Some of the most important structures of the global formation between 1850-1940 are very clearly set before us and their interconnections rightly emphasized.' Journal of Historical Geography

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CIN0195051165A

ISBN 13

9780195051162

ISBN 10

0195051165

Title

The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 by Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of History, Professor of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago)

Author

Daniel R. Headrick (Professor of History, Professor of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago)

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Used - Well Read

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

1990-10-11

Number of pages

416

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