Thomas J.Misa
Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present
Leonardo to the Internet: Technology and Culture from the Renaissance to the Present
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A historian's comprehensive 500-year history of technology in society, from the preindustrial past to the digital age, reveals how technological innovations have shaped and been shaped by cultures. It evaluates the question of technology and how it has influenced globalization, cultural chauvinism, trade wars, and the coronavirus pandemic.
Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2022
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Historian Thomas J. Misa's comprehensive history of the relationship between technology and society spans over 500 years, revealing how technological innovations have shaped and been shaped by different cultures. Spanning from the preindustrial past to the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global security, this compelling work evaluates the question of technology. In this updated edition, Misa incorporates current scholarship while retaining vivid portraits of individuals, artifacts, and systems. Each chapter has been honed to address contemporary concerns, particularly in the context of globalization, nationalism, cultural chauvinism, and trade wars. A new chapter focuses on the digital age from 1990 to 2016, examining how it has impacted society. The book also explores how unsustainable energy systems, insecure information networks, and vulnerable global shipping have contributed to geopolitical risks and instability. Additionally, it examines the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of Wuhan, China's high-tech district, shedding light on the role of technology in responding to such crises.
A masterful analysis of how technology and culture have influenced each other over five centuries, Leonardo to the Internet frames a history that illuminates modern-day problems and prospects faced by our technology-dependent world.
Weight: 772g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781421443096
Edition number: third edition
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