Transforming the twentieth century : technical innovations and their consequences /
Post-WWI inventions transformed the technical advances that created the modern world, & added new capabilities ranging from both military uses of nuclear energy to the universal diffusion of microprocessors. This book examines most of these technical transformations, & appraises their econom...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Post-WWI inventions transformed the technical advances that created the modern world, & added new capabilities ranging from both military uses of nuclear energy to the universal diffusion of microprocessors. This book examines most of these technical transformations, & appraises their economic, social, & strategic impacts. |
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| Item Description: | Web site refers to as volume 2. "Companion volume to Creating the twentieth century: technical innovations of 1867-1914 and their lasting impact (published by the Oxford University Press in 2005 ...)"--(Preface) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 358 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198037750 0198037759 9780199883424 0199883424 |