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The Evolution of Technology
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521296816
Veröffentl:
2002
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
10.06.2002
Seiten:
260
Autor:
George Basalla
Gewicht:
427 g
Format:
229x152x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change based upon recent scholarship in the history of technology and upon relevant material drawn from economic history and anthropology.
Preface; 1. Diversity, necessity, and evolution; 2. Continuity and discontinuity; 3. Novelty: psychological and intellectual factors; 4. Novelty: socioeconomic and cultural factors; 5. Selection: economic and military factors; 6. Selection: social and cultural factors; 7. Conclusion: evolution and progress; Bibliography; Sources of questions; Index.