The shock of the old : technology and global history since 1900 / David Edgerton.

  • Edgerton, David.
Date:
2008
  • Books

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Description

"This first global account of the history of technology casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use. ... We do not live in an era of ever increasing change, and the most important technologies in use today are often overlooked. ..."--BOOK JACKET.

Publication/Creation

London : Profile, 2008.

Physical description

xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Contributors

Notes

Originally published: 2006.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    AC.AA9
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781861973061
  • 1861973063