A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium

A culture of improvement : technology and the Western millennium / Robert Friedel.

The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, 'A Culture of Improvement' documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedel, Robert D. (Robert Douglas), 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2007.
Subjects:
Civilization, Western.
Intellectual life.
Technological innovations > History.
Technology and civilization.
Civilization, Western
Intellectual life
Technological innovations
Technology and civilization
Technischer Fortschritt
Technische vernieuwing.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Teknik > historia.
Teknikutveckling > historia.
Teknik och samhälle.
Westliche Welt
Westerse wereld.
History
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Description
Summary:The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, 'A Culture of Improvement' documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 588 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-568) and index.
ISBN:1282098640
9781282098640
9780262273237
0262273233
9786612098642
6612098643
Language:English.
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized

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