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Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
Creating the Twentieth Century Technical Innovations of 18671914 and Their Lasting Impact - Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact
Author: Vaclav Smil
The period between 1867 and 1914 remains the greatest watershed in human history since the emergence of settled agricultural societies: the time when an expansive civilization based on synergy of fuels, science, and technical innovation was born. At its beginnings in the 1870s were dynamite, the telephone, photographic film, and the first light ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195168747
ISBN-10: 0195168747
Publication Date: 8/25/2005
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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