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Technology and Change in History Series

18 primary works • 18 total works
The role played by technology in transforming human societies has been a preoccupation of the modern period. Technology and Change in History is a peer-reviewed series of monographs which surveys the development of technology from a variety of different historical perspectives. Each volume aims to present to scholars, graduate students and non-spec…

Book 1

Medieval Farming and Technology: The Impact of Agricultural Change in Northwest Europe
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3.00 · 1 Ratings · published 1997 · 1 edition
This is the first of three planned volumes which d…

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    Book 2

    Handbook of Ancient Water Technology
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    4.50     · 2 Ratings · published 1999 · 2 editions
    A magisterial new handbook replaces the discussion…

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    Book 3

    Working with Water in Medieval Europe: Technology and Resource-Use. Technology and Change in History, Volume 3
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    0.00     · published 2000 · 2 editions
    A comprehensive survey of the techniques people us…

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    Book 4

    Ancient Building Technology: Historical Background
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    0.00     · published 1999 · 1 edition
    The wealth of excavation of ancient buildings in t…

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    Book 5

    Ancient Food Technology
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    4.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2001 · 1 edition
    A much welcomed synthesis on ancient food producti…

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    Book 6

    Various and Ingenious Machines (Technology and Change in History)
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    0.00     · published 2004 · 3 editions
    This two-volume work describes the early history o…

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    Book 7

    Ancient Building Technology: Volume 2, Materials. Technology and Change in History, Volume 7.
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    2.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2005 · 1 edition
    The following resume study deals with building mat…

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    Book 8

    Wind, Water, Work: Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2005 · 2 editions
    This book is the most comprehensive empirical stud…

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    Book 9

    A Handbook of Food Processing in Classical Rome: For Her Bounty No Winter
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    3.83     · 6 Ratings · published 2006 · 3 editions
    Rome was able to support a huge urban population b…

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    Book 10

    Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh Perspectives, New Methods
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    3.00     · 3 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2008 · 1 edition
    In scope, this book matches The History of Cartogr…

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    Book 11

    The Nature and Function of Water, Baths, Bathing and Hygiene from Antiquity Through the Renaissance
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    0.00     · published 2009 · 2 editions
    These essays offer scholars, teachers, and student…

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    Book 12

    Ancient Building Technology, Volume 3: Construction
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 2009 · 4 editions
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    Book 13

    From the Romans to the Railways
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    0.00     · published 2013 · 5 editions
    This multi-disciplinary account of the fate of anc…

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    Book 14

    A Tale of Three Thirsty Cities: The Innovative Water Supply Systems of Toledo, London and Paris in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century
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    Book 15

    Invisible Bicycle: Parallel Histories and Different Timelines
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    The Invisible Bicycle revisits and questions the e…

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    Book 16

    Lost Knowledge: The Concept of Vanished Technologies and Other Human Histories
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    3.75     · 4 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
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    Book 17

    Kao Gong Ji: The World's Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies
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    Book 18

    The Merchant Ship in the British Atlantic, 1600-1800: Continuity and Innovation in a Key Technology
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    0.00     · published 2020 · 2 editions
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