Wiring Prometheus : globalisation, history and technology

by Peter J. Lyth

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Conversations
1	1	7,759,638	(3)	None
The editors of this volume point out that globalization calls for global history--history that treats the planet as a single complex entity. Several of the chapters address the origins of globalization's first wave in the 19th century, focusing on the interrelationship between economics and the spread of three pioneering inventions: the steam engine, the telegraph and the telephone. Others chronicle the late twentieth-century textile and bicycle industries, the development of the ATM machine, railroad modernization in France, major software disasters and the culturally empowering effects of the cassette tape. And three authors make fundamental arguments about the nature of globalization's changes: how the ties binding Europeans have evolved from patronage to connections to networks, how global interconnectedness has eliminated differences in the perception of time, and how the key to understanding the dynamics of globalization lies in the local application of standardized technology.… (more)

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

bnielsen

▾Tags

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

▾Member reviews

Indeholder "Peter Lyth, Helmuth Trishler: Globalization, History and Technology: An Introduction", "Bruce Mazlish: Technology and Social Relations: From Patronage to Networks", "Rainer Fremdling: Historical Precedents of Global Markets", "Stephan H. Lindner: Technology and Textiles Globalisation", "Paul Rosen: Production and Culture in the Global Cycle Industry", "Wolf Schäfer: Global History and the Present Time", "W. Bernard Carlson: Taking on the World: Bell, Edison and the Diffusion of the Telephone in the 1870s", "Helge Kragh: Towards a Global Telephone Network: Technological Advances in Long-Distance Telephony", "Richard Coopey: A Passing Technology: The Automated Teller Machine", "Nathalie N. Mitev: The Globalisation of Transport? Computerised Reservation System at American Airlines and French Railways", "Donald MacKenzie: 'Boardwalks across the Tar': Software Engineering and the Problems of Safety and Security", "Andre Millard: Audio Cassette Culture and Globalization", "Contributors", "Index".

"Peter Lyth, Helmuth Trishler: Globalization, History and Technology: An Introduction" handler om ???
"Bruce Mazlish: Technology and Social Relations: From Patronage to Networks" handler om ???
"Rainer Fremdling: Historical Precedents of Global Markets" handler om ???
"Stephan H. Lindner: Technology and Textiles Globalisation" handler om ???
"Paul Rosen: Production and Culture in the Global Cycle Industry" handler om ???
"Wolf Schäfer: Global History and the Present Time" handler om ???
"W. Bernard Carlson: Taking on the World: Bell, Edison and the Diffusion of the Telephone in the 1870s" handler om ???
"Helge Kragh: Towards a Global Telephone Network: Technological Advances in Long-Distance Telephony" handler om ???
"Richard Coopey: A Passing Technology: The Automated Teller Machine" handler om pengeautomater fra midten af 1960'erne. Kreditkort og debitkort. Banker som finansielle supermarkeder hvor kontanter er en meget lille del af forretningen. Selvbetjeningssupermarkeder med mulighed for udbetaling af kontanter. Og med kortbetalinger, der erstatter kontanter i stor stil.
"Nathalie N. Mitev: The Globalisation of Transport? Computerised Reservation System at American Airlines and French Railways" handler om ???
"Donald MacKenzie: 'Boardwalks across the Tar': Software Engineering and the Problems of Safety and Security" handler om ???
"Andre Millard: Audio Cassette Culture and Globalization" handler om ???
"Contributors" handler om de enkelte forfattere.
"Index" er blot et opslagsregister

Glimrende bog om forskellige teknologier, deres udvikling og nuværende stade. (

)

bnielsen | Apr 1, 2014 |

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (1 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Peter J. Lyth	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Carlson, W. Bernard	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Coopey, Richard	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Fremdling, Rainer	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Kragh, Helge	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Lindner, Stephan H.	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Lyth, Peter	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
MacKenzie, Donald	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Mazlish, Bruce	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Millard, Andre	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Mitev, Nathalie N.	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Rosen, Paul	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Schäfer, Wolf	Author	main author	some editions	confirmed
Trischler, Helmuth	—	main author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Related movies

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Quotations

Last words

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

The editors of this volume point out that globalization calls for global history--history that treats the planet as a single complex entity. Several of the chapters address the origins of globalization's first wave in the 19th century, focusing on the interrelationship between economics and the spread of three pioneering inventions: the steam engine, the telegraph and the telephone. Others chronicle the late twentieth-century textile and bicycle industries, the development of the ATM machine, railroad modernization in France, major software disasters and the culturally empowering effects of the cassette tape. And three authors make fundamental arguments about the nature of globalization's changes: how the ties binding Europeans have evolved from patronage to connections to networks, how global interconnectedness has eliminated differences in the perception of time, and how the key to understanding the dynamics of globalization lies in the local application of standardized technology.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary