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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458523203321

Autore

Headrick Daniel R

Titolo

The tentacles of progress [[electronic resource] ] : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988

ISBN

1-280-44971-3

0-19-802178-X

1-60129-673-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p. ) : maps, tables, graph

Disciplina

338.9/26

Soggetti

Imperialism - History

Technology transfer - History

Electronic books.

Great Britain Colonies History

Tropics Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This study analyzes why a massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies between 1850 and 1940 did not create an industrial revolution in those countries. It argues that the transfer of technology caused some colonial regions to become locked in a state of underdevelopment.