Machines as the measure of men : science, technology, and ideologies of western dominance / Michael Adas ; with a new preface.

Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and cultures. In Machines as the Measure of Men, Michael Adas explores the ways in which European perceptions of their scientific...

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Main Author: Adas, Michael, 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Edition:2014 edition, with a new preface.
Series:Cornell studies in comparative history.
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