Pacey's Technology in World Civilization

	Pacey: Technology in World Civilization
History of Technology this week	"Although the arms industry was the biggest user of iron, the blast furnaces of Hebei supplied many other consumers, some of them Buddhist temples." p. 5.
links Eberhart Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Pursell Dates Description Overview Tech-home Terms	Cast-iron bell in Buddhist Temple, Japan, 2007, JVS.
Pacey Eberhart	"Eleventh Century China:" "Europe may later have had that quality" --of many institutions with an active dialogue among them--" but…our example is …China. Here there were government institutions, independent entrepreneurs, and Buddhist monasteries all playing a part, notably in metal-working techniques and in the development of printing." "there was often a loss of technology. The best example ...was the collapse of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century, when engineering skills disappeared along with the institutions which had organized their use." p. 19. Introduction -- Pacey's Key Themes I. An Age of Asian technology A Balance in World History begins in recognizing technical complexity of China. Iron rice silk printing Hydraulic Engineering locks and canals spillways, dams and levees Noria water wheels exaptation of windmills Indian Ocean Trade Buddhist technology Asian intermingling: India, China, Persia (Iran), Iraq & Ottomans (Turkey) Pacey , Tech.World.Civ., pp. vii-19 -- 4 facets of technology & the labor theory of value Next Authors: The Two Cultures Pursell \| Pacey–World \| Postman \| Head \| Tenner \|Pacey–meaning\| Eberhart \| Snow \| Kaku \| Boulding \| Delillo \| Kranzberg \| Postman–Tech \| Postman–Television \| Related pages

"Although the arms industry was the biggest user of iron, the blast furnaces of Hebei supplied many other consumers, some of them Buddhist temples."

p. 5.

links

Eberhart

Week 2

Cast-iron bell in Buddhist Temple, Japan, 2007, JVS.

Pacey

Eberhart

"Eleventh Century China:"

"Europe may later have had that quality" --of many institutions with an active dialogue among them--" but…our example is …China. Here there were government institutions, independent entrepreneurs, and Buddhist monasteries all playing a part, notably in metal-working techniques and in the development of printing."

"there was often a loss of technology. The best example ...was the collapse of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century, when engineering skills disappeared along with the institutions which had organized their use."

p. 19.

Introduction -- Pacey's Key Themes

I. An Age of Asian technology

A Balance in World History begins in recognizing technical complexity of China.
1. Iron
2. rice
3. silk
4. printing
Hydraulic Engineering
1. locks and canals
2. spillways, dams and levees
3. Noria
4. water wheels
5. exaptation of windmills
Indian Ocean Trade
Buddhist technology
Asian intermingling: India, China, Persia (Iran), Iraq & Ottomans (Turkey)

Pacey , Tech.World.Civ., pp. vii-19 -- 4 facets of technology & the labor theory of value

Authors:

The Two Cultures

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