Technology in World Civilization: A Thousand-Year History

by Arnold Pacey

Most general histories of technology are Eurocentrist, focusing on a main line of Western technology that stretches from the Greeks is through the computer. In this very different book, Arnold Pacey takes a global view, placing the development of technology squarely in a "world civilization." He portrays the process as a complex dialectic by which inventions borrowed from one culture are adopted to suit another.

Genres: History, Technology, Science, Economics, Anthropology, Nonfiction, Engineering

250 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1990

Reviews

[Vadim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A succinct overview of the spread and development of technology in the world starting roughly in the 1000 A.D. The book is focused mainly on the technological dialogue between different cultures and adaptation of foreign technology to local needs.

One detail which I find very interesting is that Europeans were much more mechanically oriented than Asians/Indians. This shows in the different treatment of clocks and attention to the details of produced mechanisms.

[Sara · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a failed attempt at pluralism in the history of technology. Despite its best efforts it remains Eurocentric and betrays the author's deep-seated gender bias. Very out-dated thinking!

[Nuria · Rating 3 out of 5]

jangan pake contoh tentang teknologi mobil salju buat jawaban uas ya....ntar senasib kaya gue hehehehe