Power over Peoples : Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present / / Daniel R. Headrick |
Autore | Headrick Daniel R. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina | 325.32 |
Collana | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World |
Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - History
Technology - History Military weapons - History |
ISBN | 1-4008-3359-0 |
Classificazione | MZ 6600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Imperialism and Technology -- Chapter 1. The Discovery of the Oceans, to 1779 -- Chapter 2. Eastern Ocean Empires, 1497-1700 -- Chapter 3. Horses, Diseases, and the Conquest of the Americas, 1492-1849 -- Chapter 4. The Limits of the Old Imperialism: Africa and Asia to 1859 -- Chapter 5. Steamboat Imperialism, 1807-1898 -- Chapter 6. Health, Medicine, and the New Imperialism, 1830-1914 -- Chapter 7. Weapons and Colonial Wars, 1830-1914 -- Chapter 8. The Age of Air Control, 1911-1936 -- Chapter 9. The Decline of Air Control, 1946-2007 -- Conclusion. Technology and Imperialism Redux -- Notes -- For Further Reading -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Technology, environments, and Western imperialism, 1400 to the present |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248322403316 |
Headrick Daniel R. | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Tools of war : history of weapons in modern times / / Syed Ramsey |
Autore | Ramsey Syed |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Alpha Editions, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (228 pages) |
Disciplina | 739.7 |
Soggetto topico | Military weapons - History |
ISBN |
93-86834-15-4
93-86019-83-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163369803321 |
Ramsey Syed | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Alpha Editions, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Tools of war : history of weapons in early modern times / / Syed Ramsey |
Autore | Ramsey Syed |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Alpha Editions, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (219 pages) |
Disciplina | 739.7 |
Soggetto topico | Military weapons - History |
ISBN |
93-86834-14-6
93-86019-82-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910163369903321 |
Ramsey Syed | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Alpha Editions, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War and technology [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Black |
Autore | Black Jeremy <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 355/.07 |
Soggetto topico |
Military weapons - History
Military art and science - History Military art and science - Technological innovations - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-253-00989-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the key themes -- Early modern western warships: technologies of power projection and lethality -- Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800 -- Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio: technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945 -- The internal combustion engine: the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013 -- A new sphere: air power, 1903-2013 -- Revolution, transformation, and the present -- Into the future -- Conclusions -- Postscript. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452781903321 |
Black Jeremy <1955-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War and technology [[electronic resource] /] / Jeremy Black |
Autore | Black Jeremy <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 355/.07 |
Soggetto topico |
Military weapons - History
Military art and science - History Military art and science - Technological innovations - History |
ISBN | 0-253-00989-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the key themes -- Early modern western warships: technologies of power projection and lethality -- Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800 -- Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio: technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945 -- The internal combustion engine: the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013 -- A new sphere: air power, 1903-2013 -- Revolution, transformation, and the present -- Into the future -- Conclusions -- Postscript. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779998503321 |
Black Jeremy <1955-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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War and technology / / Jeremy Black |
Autore | Black Jeremy <1955-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
Disciplina | 355/.07 |
Soggetto topico |
Military weapons - History
Military art and science - History Military art and science - Technological innovations - History |
ISBN | 0-253-00989-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the key themes -- Early modern western warships: technologies of power projection and lethality -- Gunpowder technology, 1490-1800 -- Firepower, steamships, railways, telegraphs, radio: technologies of killing, logistics, command, and control, 1775-1945 -- The internal combustion engine: the technology of decentralized power, 1910-2013 -- A new sphere: air power, 1903-2013 -- Revolution, transformation, and the present -- Into the future -- Conclusions -- Postscript. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811138403321 |
Black Jeremy <1955-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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