Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century, Revised and Expanded : Technical Innovations and Their Lasting Impact /

Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works--Creating the Twentieth Century and Transforming the Twentieth Century--in this revised and expanded edition. Covering technical advances that shaped the period from 1867 through the end of the 20th cent...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Smil, Vaclav
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Creating and Transforming the Twentieth Century combines two of Vaclav Smil's seminal works--Creating the Twentieth Century and Transforming the Twentieth Century--in this revised and expanded edition. Covering technical advances that shaped the period from 1867 through the end of the 20th century, this new edition contains numerous updates and features a new preface and a final chapter examining key themes in light of major 21st-century events and publications. Now in a single volume, these classic texts remain central to Smil's acclaimed oeuvre, and their lessons are perennially fascinating.
Umfang:
1 online resource (738 pages)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-778466-6
0-19-778467-4
0-19-778465-8
Schlagworte:
Technological innovations > Economic aspects.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History > 19th century.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History > 20th century.
Technological innovations > History > 19th century.
Technological innovations > History > 20th century.
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