Högselius, Per (Author)
Dazhi, Yao (Author)
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
Volume: 5
Issue: 2
Pages: 71-99
“East” and “West” have long been prominent categories in the history of technology. The historical literature that claims to deal with comparisons or connections between East and West from a technological point of view is rich and fascinating. Yet, so far there has been no attempt to succinctly summarize or synthesize the main findings. This article takes a first step towards such a synthesis. It does so by addressing technological interaction between three broadly defined geographical regions: (1) Western Europe and North America; (2) Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; and (3) the non-Russian Far East. The article suggests that East–West studies in the history of technology can be divided into three sets, which would benefit from greater interaction with each other: studies of East–West and West–East technology transfer; studies comparing the evolution of Eastern and Western technological levels and technological “styles”; and studies of large technical systems that materially interconnect East and West. Keywords: China, East–West relations, Europe, large technical systems, Russia, technological style, technology transfer
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East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Journal of Dialectics of Nature
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