Book ID: CBB760863658

History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (2014)

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Guagnini, Anna (Editor)
Mola, Luca (Editor)
Inkster, Ian (Editor)


Bloomsbury Academic


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 352 pages
Language: English

This volume provides an overview of current research in the history of Italian technology in the long run, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. The contributors focus on different aspects of Italian creativity in a local, transnational and global dimension, tracing the trajectory from primacy to relative decline. The themes range from the creation and establishment of new technologies in laboratories or enterprises, the processes of learning, diffusion, and copying and the institutions involved in the generation of a national technological capability and innovation system. Comparative studies are included in order to illustrate special features of the Italian case. The industries covered in this volume range from silk, iron and steel production, to electricity generation and telecommunications.

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Review Barbara Bettoni (2015) Review of "History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century". Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology (pp. 187-189). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Salvatore Ciriacono (2014) Diamonds in Early Modern Venice: Technology, Products and International Competition. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 67-86). unapi

Chapter Mathieu Arnoux (2014) European Steel vs Chinese Cast-iron: From Technological Change to Social and Political Choices (Fourth Century BC to Eighteenth Century AD). In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 297-312). unapi

Chapter Anna Guagnini (2014) A Bold Leap into Electric Light: The Creation of the Sodeta Italiana Edison, 1880-1886. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 155-189). unapi

Chapter Cristiano Zanetti (2014) The Microcosm: Innovation and Technological Transfer in the Habsburg Empire of the Sixteenth Century. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 35-65). unapi

Chapter Matteo Serafini (2014) Mechanics 'Made in Italy': Innovation and Expertise Evolution. A Case Study from the Packaging Industry, 1960-1998. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 211-232). unapi

Chapter Roberto Davini (2014) A Global Supremacy: The Worldwide Hegemony of the Piedmontese Reeling Technologies, 1720s-1830s. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 87-103). unapi

Chapter Emese Balint (2014) Anabaptist Migration and the Diffusion of the Maiolica from Faenza to Central Europe. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 131-151). unapi

Chapter Marta Caroscio (2014) Raw Materials, Transmission of Know-how and Ceramic Techniques in Early Modern Italy: A Mediterranean Perspective. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 107-130). unapi

Chapter Simone Fari; Giuseppe Richeri; Gabriele Balbi (2014) Telecommunications Italian Style: The Shaping of the Constitutive Choices (1850-1914). In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 235-258). unapi

Chapter Andrea Giuntini (2014) Technology Transfer, Economic Strategies and Politics in the Building of the First Italian Submarine Telegraph. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 277-293). unapi

Chapter Christian Carletti (2014) Keeping Abreast with the Technology of Science: The Economic Life of the Physics Laboratory at the University of Padua, 1847-1857. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 191-209). unapi

Chapter Anna Guagnini; Luca Molà (2014) Introduction. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 1-4). unapi

Chapter Luca Molà (2014) Inventors, Patents and the Market for Innovations in Renaissance Italy. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 7-34). unapi

Chapter Alessandro Nuvolari; Michelangelo Vasta (2014) The Italian National Innovation System: A Long-term Perspective, 1861-2011. In: History of Technology: Italian Technology from the Renaissance to the 20th Century (pp. 313-341). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Pertwee, Nicholas
Christina Holmes
Jun, Suzuki
Craig, Steve
Ward, Katie
Vleuten, Erik van der
Concepts
Technology
Development of technology; change in technology
Cross-national interaction
Cross-national comparison
Technology and culture
Technology and society
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
Early modern
Medieval
Ancient
Places
United States
Europe
Japan
China
Mexico
Brazil
Institutions
Berlin Group (Philosophy)
Vienna Circle
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