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Science and Technology in Modern European Life
Guillaume de Syon
ISBN: 0-313-33768-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33768-0
236 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2008
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "High school to college-level libraries strong in either science and technology or modern European life will find Science and Technology in Modern European Life an excellent history and review of how science and technology affects and changes modern European society today. From urban and rural agriculture and the growth of industrial machines to navigating the world and handling war, chapters provide an excellent historical and social history."
    —Midwest Book Review
    1/1/2009
  • "This collection of essays tracks the trajectories of sciences that moved economies and societies from the rural to the urban and thence to the global includes such topics as urban architecture and culture, transportation from the personal to the collective and back to the personal, navigation of the seas and the heavens, communication, the ever-present specters of war, energy, domestic and workplace technology, and the rising appreciation of a global experience of advances and improvements. This is a positive assessment of what we have done so far, and also a warning that some advancement, particularly in the case of war, is not an improvement."
    —SciTech Book News
    3/1/2009
  • "This book (and possibly the rest of the series) might well be of interest to the general public and advanced high school students as well as non-science-oriented undergraduates. . ."
    —ARBA
    3/1/2009
  • "This delightful reading on the social and cultural history of technology, a book in Greenwood's "Daily Life through History" series, is designed for high school and beginning college audiences. Syon (history, Albright College) assembled these eloquent essays on how Europeans have adjusted to the industrial age over the course of two centuries… Recommended. Lower- division undergraduates and general readers."
    —CHOICE
    4/1/2009
Description: The last two centuries have seen unprecedented change in the everyday lives of Europeans. From the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Cold War, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, many of these changes were greatly influenced by the scientific and technological advances that took place during that period. This volume in the Daily Life Through History series examines how science and technology impacted the everyday life of modern Europeans in all aspects from of their lives.

Title Features:
This work includes a historical overview, a timeline, and a glossary of terms.
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
    Preface
    Chronology
    Introduction: Revolutions
    Chapter 1 Agriculture: From Farm to Town
    Chapter 2 Building the City and its Urban Culture
    Chapter 3 The Rail in All its Expressions
    Chapter 4 Sell Your Horse and Buy a Car
    Chapter 5 Navigating the Earth and Heavenly Seas
    Chapter 6 Communicating
    Chapter 7 The Specter of War
    Chapter 8 Energy
    Chapter 9 Technology in the Home and the Office
    Chapter 10 Medical Awareness
    Chapter 11 Scientific Challenges
    Chapter 12 Conclusion: A Global Experience?
    Bibliography
About the Author: Guillaume de Syon teaches history at Albright College. He is the author of Zeppelin! Germany and the Airship, 1900-1939, and of articles on the social and cultural history of technology.
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