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The tentacles of progress [[electronic resource] ] : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| The tentacles of progress [[electronic resource] ] : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p. ) : maps, tables, graph |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Technology transfer - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-44971-3
0-19-802178-X 1-60129-673-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458523203321 |
Headrick Daniel R
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 405 pages) : maps, tables, graph |
| Disciplina | 338.9/26 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Technology transfer - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-028149-9
1-280-44971-3 0-19-802178-X 1-60129-673-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784559203321 |
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Headrick Daniel R
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| New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| The tentacles of progress : technology transfer in the age of imperialism, 1850-1940 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 405 pages) : maps, tables, graph |
| Disciplina |
338.9/26
338.91091724 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Technology transfer - History |
| ISBN |
0-19-028149-9
1-280-44971-3 0-19-802178-X 1-60129-673-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- 1 Imperialism, Technology, and Tropical Economies -- Technologies and Western-Tropical Relations -- The Transfer Process -- The Setting and the Argument -- Notes -- 2 Ships and Shipping -- Characteristics of World Shipping -- Steamships before 1869 -- The Suez Canal -- Shipbuilding after 1869 -- Tropical Harbors -- The New Organization of Shipping -- The Major Shipping Companies -- The Causes of British Supremacy -- Notes -- 3 The Railways of India -- Origins of the Indian Railways -- Building the Trunk Lines (1853-71) -- The Era of State Construction (1870-79) -- The New Guarantee Period (1880-1914) -- World War I and After (1914-47) -- The Locomotive Industry -- Consequences and Comparisons -- Notes -- 4 The Imperial Telecommunications Networks -- Submarine Telegraph Cables, 1850-70 -- Cable Technology to 1914 -- Submarine Cables and the British Empire, 1870-1914 -- The French Cable Network, 1856-95 -- British Abuses and French Reactions, 1884-1914 -- The Indian Telegraphs -- French Colonial Posts and Telegraphs -- Colonial Wireless Networks to 1918 -- British Wireless after 1918 -- French Wireless after 1918 -- Notes -- 5 Cities, Sanitation, and Segregation -- Hong Kong Water -- Calcutta Sewage and Sanitation -- Dakar and the Plague -- Notes -- 6 Hydraulic Imperialism in India and Egypt -- Precolonial Irrigation and British Restorations to 1837 -- The Classic Era of Indian Irrigation, 1838-54 -- The Era of Private Irrigation, 1854-69 -- Productive and Protective Works, 1866-98 -- The Indian Irrigation Commission and After, 1897-1940 -- Egypt, the Nile, and the British -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Economic Botany and Tropical Plantations -- Tropical Crops from Plunder to Science -- Plant Transfers and the British Botanic Empire -- Agricultural Research in the British Tropics.
Science and Agriculture in the Dutch East Indies -- Tropical Botany in France -- Botany and Plantations in the French Empire -- Cinchona -- Sugar Cane -- Rubber -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Mining and Metallurgy -- Malayan Tin and Chinese Technology in the Nineteenth Century -- The Western Takeover of Malayan Tin -- Opening the African Copperbelt -- Katanga Copper, 1911-40 -- Iron and Steel in India: the Demand Side -- Indian Iron before 1914 -- Background of the Indian Steel Industry -- The Tata Iron and Steel Company -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 Technical Education -- Technical Education in Egypt -- Vocational Education in West Africa -- Technical Education in India: Demand and Supply -- The Politics of Technical Education in India -- Foreign Study and Independent Schools -- Technical Education after World War I -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10 Experts and Enterprises -- The Smallholders -- The Experts -- The Cotton Mills -- Indian Shipping and Shipbuilding -- Indianizing the Steel Industry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 11 Technology Transfer and Colonial Politics -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817552703321 |
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Headrick Daniel R
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When information came of age [[electronic resource] ] : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| When information came of age [[electronic resource] ] : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment
Information resources - Europe - History - 18th century Information resources - Europe - History - 19th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 18th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-756164-0
1-280-47345-2 0-19-803108-4 1-4337-0026-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; 1. Information and Its History; 2. Organizing Information: The Language of Science; 3. Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics; 4. Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs; 5. Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias; 6. Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems; 7. Information Ages: Past and Present; Selected Bibliography; Credits; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455465503321 |
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Headrick Daniel R
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment
Information resources - Europe - History - 18th century Information resources - Europe - History - 19th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 18th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
9780198031086
0198031084 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795729903321 |
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Headrick Daniel R
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick
| When information came of age : technologies of knowledge in the age of reason and revolution, 1700-1850 / / Daniel R. Headrick |
| Autore | Headrick Daniel R |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 306.4/2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Enlightenment
Information resources - Europe - History - 18th century Information resources - Europe - History - 19th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 18th century Learning and scholarship - Europe - History - 19th century |
| ISBN |
9780198031086
0198031084 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- 1. Information and Its History -- 2. Organizing Information: The Language of Science -- 3. Transforming Information: The Origin of Statistics -- 4. Displaying Information: Maps and Graphs -- 5. Storing Information: Dictionaries and Encyclopedias -- 6. Communicating Information: Postal and Telegraphic Systems -- 7. Information Ages: Past and Present -- Selected Bibliography -- Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821866703321 |
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Headrick Daniel R
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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