000			01341nam a22001817a 4500
999			_c21775 _d21775
020			_a9781788163088
041			_aENG
082			_a303.483 _bEDG
100			_aEdgerton, David
245			_aThe shock of the old : _btechnology and global history since 1900 / _cDavid Edgerton
260			_aLondon : _bProfile Books, _c2019.
300			_axviii, 275 pages : _billustrations (black and white) ; _c20 cm
520			_aWhereas standard histories of technology give tired old accounts of the usual inventions - planes, bombs - this book 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 Pill and IT, and shows the continued importance of technology such as corrugated iron and sewing machines. In taking this approach, David Edgerton challenges the idea that we live in an era of ever increasing change. Interweaving political, economic and cultural history, he shows what it means to think critically about technology and its importance.
650			_aTechnology _vHistory.
650			_aTechnology and civilization.
650			_aSociety.
942			_2ddc _cBK