Wiring Prometheus : globalisation, history and technology
Peter J. Lyth, Helmuth Trischler · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2003
Globalisation, History and Technology: An Introduction Technology and Social Relations: From Patronage to Networks Historical Precedents of Global Markets Technology and Textiles Globalisation Production and Culture in the Global Cycle Industry Global History and the Present Time Taking on the World: Bell, Edison and the Diffusion of the Telephone in the 1870s Towards a Global Telephone Network: Technological Advances in Long-Distance Telephony A Passing Technology: The Automated Teller Machine The Globalisation of Transport? Computerised Reservation Systems at American Airlines and French Railways Boardwalks across the Tar: Software Engineering and the Problems of Safety and Security Audio Cassette Culture and Globalisation Contributors Index.