Technology and Globalisation Networks of Experts in World History
This book examines the role of experts and expertise in the dynamics of globalisation since the mid-nineteenth century. It shows how engineers, scientists and other experts have acted as globalising agents, providing many of the materials and institutiona
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TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALISATION Networks of Experts in World History Edited by David Pretel and Lino Camprubí
Palgrave Studies in Economic History
Series Editor Kent Deng London School of Economics London, UK “This rich collection of essays opens up a new perspective on the globalisation of knowledge in history. It highlights networks of scientific and technical experts, which contributed to global developments from the time of the Second Industrial Revolution to the end of the Cold War era. The essays cover a breath-taking scope of topics and have been written by leading experts in their fields. The editors are to be congratulated for bringing together this highly informative volume.” —Jürgen Renn, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, Germany “This is an important book, which fruitfully engineers a complex set of productive conversations. Methodologically, it approaches global history by bringing economic history together with the history of science and technology. Content wise, it emphasises the tension-filled and heterogeneous character of globalisation by focusing on a geographically extensive set of technologically mediated projects carried out by engineers and other experts. True to life, not all of these projects succeeded, but their stories work together to reveal the dynamics that continue to inform global developments today.” —Lissa Roberts, University of Twente, the Netherlands “This book situates the history of science and technology firmly in the history of modern globalisation. This wide-ranging collection of essays—written by leading scholars from ten countries—explores the myriad ways in which networks of technical experts have served as agents of globalisation. They shed new light on the “backstage” of technical knowledge and practice which, in many cases, made globalisation possible.” —Stuart McCook, University of Guelph, Canada
Palgrave Studies in Economic History is designed to illuminate and enrich our understanding of economies and economic phenomena of the past. The series covers a vast range of topics including financial history, labour history, development economics, commercialisation, urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation, globalisation, and changes in world economic orders. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14632
David Pretel • Lino Camprubí Editors
Technology and Globalisation Networks of Experts in World History
Editors David Pretel College of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico
Lino Camprubí Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin, Germany
Palgrave Studies in Economic History ISBN 978-3-319-75449-9 ISBN 978-3-319-75450-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75450-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018939244 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations,
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