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Machines as the Measure of Men: Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance (Cornell Studies in Comparative History)

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 | #675574 in Books |  Cornell University Press |  1990-08-21 | Fabric type: N/A | Format: Full length | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.25 x.20 x6.13l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 448 pages

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Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and cultures. In Machines as the Measure of Men, Michael Adas explores the ways in which European perceptions of their scientific and technological superiority shaped their interactions with people overseas. Adopting a broad, comparative perspective, he analyzes European responses to the cult...

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