{"product_id":"leonardo-to-the-internet-9781421443096","title":"Leonardo to the Internet","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow updated  A comprehensive, 500-year history of technology in society.   Historian Thomas J. Misa's sweeping history of the relationship between technology and society over the past 500 years reveals how technological innovations have shapedand have been shaped bythe cultures in which they arose. Spanning the preindustrial past, the age of scientific, political, and industrial revolutions, as well as the more recent eras of imperialism, modernism, and global security, this compelling work evaluates what Misa calls the question of technology.In this edition, Misa brings his acclaimed text up to date by drawing on current scholarship while retaining sharply drawn portraits of individual people, artifacts, and systems. Each chapter has been honed to relate to contemporary concerns. Globalization, Misa argues, looks differently considering today's virulent nationalism, cultural chauvinism, and trade wars. A new chapter focuses on the digital age from 1990 to 2016. The book also examines \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is indispensable and exciting reading for both scholars and a wider audience.\u003cbr\u003e—Emanuela Scarpellini, \u003ci\u003eTechnology \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. Technologies of the Court, 1450–1600\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. Techniques of Commerce, 1588–1740\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Geographies of Industry, 1740–1851\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. Instruments of Empire, 1840–1914\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Science and Systems, 1870–1930\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Materials of Modernism, 1900–1950\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Means of Destruction, 1936–1990\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Promises of Global Culture, 1970–2001\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Paths to Insecurity, 2001–2010\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. Dominance of the Digital, 1990–2016\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Question of Technology\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529537790295,"sku":"9781421443096","price":62.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421443096.jpg?v=1731876007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/leonardo-to-the-internet-9781421443096","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}