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9780521461382: Colonial Technology Hardback: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia (Studies in Australian History)
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ISBN 10: 0521461383 ISBN 13: 9780521461382
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Sinopsis

An important study of the transfer of technology to Australia in the nineteenth century.

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Acerca del autor

Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teoría y crítica del diseño y han escrito más de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en éxitos de ventas. También han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Diseño del siglo XX, El diseño industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Diseño del siglo XXI.

De la contraportada

Technological Change is at the heart of much industrial and economic development, but the conversion of scientific and technical research into economic success stories is not automatic. Australia has always imported overseas technology, largely out of necessity, but has this been exploitative, fostering a relationship of dependence, or used to Australia's advantage? This book explores such questions in the context of nineteenth-century Australian science. In her important study, Jan Todd argues that the situation was far more complex than has been widely acknowledged. In the context of on-going debates, she shows that technology systems reflect national characteristics, institutions and priorities, drawing general conclusions about Australian science and technology in an imperial context. Much of the book is devoted to two fascinating cases of technology transfer, that is, importing technology from one country to another. The first looks at the transfer of anthrax vaccination, a French innovation, into the pastoral industry, mainly in New South Wales. The second considers the transfer of the cyanide process of gold extraction, which originated in Britain, into the mining industry across Australia. In both cases, considering a range of economic, political and cultural factors, she traces a process of creative adaptation to these technologies.

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Editorial
Cambridge University Press
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0521461383
ISBN 13 
9780521461382
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
314
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9780521109840: Colonial Technology: Science and the Transfer of Innovation to Australia (Studies in Australian History)

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ISBN 10:  0521109841 ISBN 13:  9780521109840
Editorial: Cambridge University Press, 2009
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