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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert D Friedel |
| ISBN: | 0262062623 9780262062626 |
| OCLC Number: | 71173933 |
| Description: | x, 588 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Technology and improvement -- Plows and horses -- Power -- Buildings for God and man -- Transforming matter -- Light and time -- Types of change -- Earth, fire, water, and air -- Improving knowledge -- Improvers and engineers -- Raising fire -- Fabrics of change -- Artisans, philosophes, and entrepreneurs -- Airs and lightning -- Mobility -- Messages -- Engineering emerges -- Stuff, reality, and dreams -- The improvement of violence -- Learning -- Dynamics -- Land and life -- Scale -- The corruption of improvement -- Networks -- Improvement's end. |
| Responsibility: | Robert Friedel. |
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