A Culture of improvement : (Record no. 945425)
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| control field | IIMC |
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| control field | 20221117184137.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 140626 2007 000 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262062626 |
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 303.483 |
| Item number | FRI |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Friedel, Robert |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1621490 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Culture of improvement : |
| Remainder of title | technology and the western millennium / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Robert Friedel |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | The MIT Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 588 p. 22 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others--the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences: improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Civilization, Western. Intellectual life. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1621491 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Technological innovations |
| General subdivision | History |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2785747 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Technology and civilization |
| 9 (RLIN) | 2785748 |
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| a | <Technological innovations --History><Technology and civilization><Civilization, Western. Intellectual life.> |
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| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Calcutta | Calcutta | 17/11/2022 | 303.483 FRI | IIMC-129786 | 17/11/2022 | 17/11/2022 | Book |