History of Technology: General Resources

Published in 1986, some information may be dated.

v. 1. From early times to fall of ancient empires.--v. 2. The Mediterranean civilizations and the Middle Ages, c. 700 B.C. to c. 1500 A.D.--v. 3. From the Renaissance to the industrial revolution, c. 1500-c. 1750.--v. 4. The industrial revolution, c. 1750 to c. 1850.--v. 5. The late nineteenth century, c. 1850 to c. 1900.--v. 6-7. The twentieth century, c. 1900 to c. 1950.--v. 8. Consolidated indexes / compiled by Richard Raper.

An undergraduate level textbook that is accesible to the interested lay person.

From the book cover: "This book presents an evolutionary theory of technological change based upon recent scholarship in the history of technology and upon relevant material drawn from economic history and anthropology."

Some years available within the library.

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Search the online version. Full text of issues begining in 1997 available in the library.

A freely available online journal. HOST is edited in Lisbon by a group of Portuguese historians of science and technology but it aims to publish contributions from scholars worldwide and reach an international audience.

See title below for earlier issues.

Continued by the title above.

Organized by persons, institutions, time periods, and book reviews. Can also be searched using the link to the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Database on this page.