Name: History of Technology Volume 22 By Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)
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History of Technology Volume 22 by Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. It deals with the history of technical discovery and change and explores how technology is related to the social, cultural and economic aspects of life. It also looks at how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.

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"Highly recommended and should certainly be on the shelves of all universities, colleges and engineering institutions."--Newcomen Bulletin

About Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

Graham Hollister-Short is an Honorary Lecturer in the History of Technology at Imperial College, London, and a member of the academic staff of the London Centre for the History of Science, Medicine and Technology, University of London.

A failure to communicate - the demise of ELDO; building a hybrid landscape to purify the Ruhr region, 1890-1935; the craft of the bell founder - the Chyaryshnikovs, a Russian bell-founding family; John Farey and his "Treatise on the Steam Engine" of 1827; summer breeze and flushing toilet - deception and reality about our technical past; the establishment of the Society of Chemical Engineers in pre-War Japan; Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1777-1855) - a German engineer of mining and metallurgy in Portugal and Brazil. Symposium - the current state of the history of technology in Britain: Reflections on the history of technology in the United kingdom - a critique of antiquarian complaints of "neglect"; where is the history of technology?; reflections on the decline of the history of technology in Britain; some thoughts on the history of technology and its current condition in Britain; pursuing big books - technological change in global history; history of technology in German - a success story?; content of former volumes.

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9780826453396

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0826453392

Title

History of Technology Volume 22 by Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

Author

Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

Series

History of Technology

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Hardback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2001-08-01

Number of pages

288

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History of Technology Volume 22 Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

History of Technology Volume 22 by Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

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History of Technology Volume 22 by Dr. Graham Hollister-Short (Imperial College London, UK)

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