Transforming the Narrative of the History of Chinese Technology: East and West in Bertrand Gille’s Histoire des Techniques
In his magisterial The History of Techniques, the French historian of technology Bertrand Gille (1920–1980) constructs a Western-centric world history of technology based on a technical systems approach. In doing so, he is forced to deal with the tension between Western-centric approaches and the c...
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Language: | English |
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Estonian Association of the History and Philosophy of Science
2015-05-01
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Series: | Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum |
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Online Access: | http://www.bahps.org/01_Dazhi-Hogselius-2015-1-01.pdf |