Edgerton, David E. H. (Author)
Oxford University Press
Physical Details: xviii + 270 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description “Challenges us to view the history of technology in terms of what everyday people have actually used---and continue to use around the world---rather than just what was invented.” (from the publisher)
Review Finn Arne Jørgensen (2007) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 178-179).
Review Kjærgaard, Peter C. (2009) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 235).
Review Hughes, Thomas P. (2007) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 642).
Review Fara, Patricia (2007) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 621).
Review Otter, Christopher J. (2007) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". Journal of American History (p. 590).
Review Black, Jeremy (2007) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". History.
Review Pursell, Carroll W. (2008) Review of "The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History since 1900". Technology and Culture (p. 237).
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