Description: Whereas standard histories of technology give tired old accounts of the usual inventions - planes, bombs - The Shock of the Old is based on a different idea. Its thrust is that for the full picture of the history of technology we need to know not about what a few people invented, but about what everyday people used - and when they actually used things, if it was a long time after invention. It therefore reassesses the significance of, for example, the Pilland IT, and shows the continued importance of technology such as corrugated iron and sewing machines. Dust jacket is in near fine condition with minor wear to edges. Brown boards with gilt titles to spine are in excellent condition with minimal wear. Internal pages are clean and unmarked.
Price: 7.5 GBP
Location: Whitstable
End Time: 2025-01-27T17:14:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: 24.83 GBP
Product Images
Item Specifics
Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
Topic: History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Item Height: 240 mm
Item Width: 163 mm
Author: David Edgerton
Publication Name: The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Profile Books
Subject: Engineering & Technology, Science, History
Publication Year: 2006
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 570 g
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
