LEADER 02566nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910458523203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-44971-3 010 $a0-19-802178-X 010 $a1-60129-673-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000363427 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24084915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000311225 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11276334 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000311225 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10328433 035 $a(PQKB)10973695 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273219 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278570 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44971 035 $a(OCoLC)476015329 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000363427 100 $a19880325d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe tentacles of progress$b[electronic resource] $etechnology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 /$fDaniel R. Headrick 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1988 215 $a1 online resource (416 p. ) $cmaps, tables, graph 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-505115-7 311 $a0-19-505116-5 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 330 $aThis 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. 330 $bDaniel Headrick examines why the massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies did not spark an industrial revolution in those countries. Rather than spurring economic progress, he argues, the transfer of stock technology between 1850 and 1940 caused the traditional self-sufficient economies of the colonial regions to be stuck in a state of underdevelopment, a legacy which burdens these countries to this day. 606 $aImperialism$xHistory 606 $aTechnology transfer$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory 607 $aTropics$xEconomic conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory. 615 0$aTechnology transfer$xHistory. 676 $a338.9/26 700 $aHeadrick$b Daniel R$0133701 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458523203321 996 $aThe tentacles of progress$92057645 997 $aUNINA