Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present

by Daniel R. Headrick

Book Overview

A major history of technology and Western conquest

For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. Power over Peoples examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691139334
• ISBN13: 9780691139333
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"