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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971073003321

Autore

Herrera Geoffrey Lucas <1965->

Titolo

Technology and international transformation : the railroad, the atom bomb, and the politics of technological change / / Geoffrey L. Herrera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

9780791481158

0791481158

9781429412872

1429412879

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in global politics

Disciplina

303.48/3

Soggetti

International relations

Military history

Technological innovations - Political aspects

Technology and international relations - History

Technology and state - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thinking about technology and international politics -- International systems theory, technology and transformation -- The international system and international system change -- Two views of technology and politics -- Technological change and the international system -- Early industrialization and the industrialization of war -- Overview -- The creation of a complex socio-technical system: the railroad -- The railroad, interaction capacity, and system change -- Conclusion -- The atomic bomb and the scientific state -- Introduction -- Germany -- American ground -- Diffusion -- Transformation -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the interrelation between technology and international politics since the nineteenth century.