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The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 (Paperback)
Short Description for The Shock of the OldPresents the history of technology that casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use. This book assesses the relationship of technology and society, using unrecognized examples such as Spanish synthetic petrol, Japanese rickshaws, American gas chambers, Soviet tractors and Turkish battleships.
Full description- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Published: 10 January 2008
- Format: Paperback 272 pages
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- Categories: History Of Engineering & Technology
- ISBN 13: 9781861973061 ISBN 10: 1861973063
- Sales rank: 60,288
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Full description for The Shock of the Old
This first ever history of technology casts aside the usual stories of inventions and focuses instead on what people actually use. It reassesses the relationship of technology and society, using unrecognized examples such as Spanish synthetic petrol, Japanese rickshaws, American gas chambers, Soviet tractors and Turkish battleships. We do not live in an era of ever increasing change, and the most important technologies of the twenty first century are often overlooked today. Drawing on political, economic and cultural history, "The Shock of the Old" dispels misplaced futurism and exemplifies a radical new way of looking at our world.
