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This booklet provides a thorough analysis of a set of relationships central to American history in the latter 20th century. Roland begins with an overview of U.S. industry and the military between World War I and the 1990s, focusesing on five transformations: civil-military relations, relations between industry and the state, among government agencies, between scientific-technical communities and the state, and between technology and society.

Robert C. Post explores the political, social, and economic implications behind technological developments throughout American history.

Peter Mentzel reveals how the introduction of transportation technologies in the Ottoman Empire between 1800 and 1923 was influenced by the political goals of both foreign powers and the Ottoman State. The introduction of steamships and railroads to the Ottoman Empire demonstrates the complex relationship between technological development and imperialism within a specific sociopolitical context.

This work presents an overview of technology as intrinsic to the culture of late medieval and Renaissance Europe. It includes discussion of agriculture, textiles such as wool, crafts such as ceramics and leatherwork, painting, architecture, mining and metallurgy, printing, military technology, and clocks.

Segal examines the historical connection between technology and utopia, and shows how this connection is not just a contemporary western concept, but one that stretches back several centuries.

Rudi Volti explores how the transfer of foreign technologies contributed to the rapid development of the East Asian economies of China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.

This booklet provides an outline of the key technological developments in ancient Greek and Roman society, including the provision of food, water, and shelter, building, textiles, and mining and metallurgy, as well as the key economic mechanisms that supported those developments.

Rudi Volti explores the economical, political, cultural, and social events that propelled the technological advances of the airline industry. From more advanced airplanes to better security and safety, Volti also presents how the contributions of air travel have shaped the world that we live in today.