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The Shock Of The Old: Technology and Global History since 1900
- D. Edgerton
- History
- 4 April 2019
The first proper global account of the place of technology in twentieth century history, this brilliant, thought-provoking book will radically revise our understanding of the relationship between…
Shock of the new
- D. Edgerton
- ArtNature
- 1 April 1995
American Technological Sublime.By David E. Nye. MIT Press: 1994. $35, £31.50.
Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970
- D. Edgerton
- History, Political Science
- 16 January 2006
1. The military-industrial complex in the interwar years 2. The warfare state and the nationalisation of Britain, 1939-55 3. The expert state: the military-scientific complex in the interwar years 4.…
‘The linear model’ did not exist: Reflections on the history and historiography of science and research in industry in the twentieth century
- D. Edgerton
- History
- 2004
From innovation to use: Ten eclectic theses on the historiography of technology
- D. Edgerton
- Economics, History
- 1999
Abstract The paper argues that most (Anglo‐Saxon) historiography of technology, including recent sociologically‐oriented work, is concerned with innovation rather than technology, and that there has…
England and the aeroplane: an essay on a militant and technological nation
- D. Woodward, D. Edgerton
- History
- 1 March 1992
unified: each begins with a brief introduction tying it to the general theme of the book. This typifies the attention and care that seems to have gone into the preparation of this volume. While each…
The Contradictions of Techno-Nationalism and Techno-Globalism: A Historical Perspective
- D. Edgerton
- Sociology, Economics
- 31 October 2007
Techno-nationalism and techno-globalism are descriptive and prescriptive categories for understanding the impact of technology on society and vice versa. They reflect the underlying assumptions made…
Science and the nation: towards new histories of twentieth‐Century Britain*
- D. Edgerton
- History
- 1 February 2005
This article examines the technocratic and militaristic critiques of twentieth-century Britain, arguing that they often take the form of ‘anti-histories’ of British science and technology and of…
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