Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
by Gies, Frances and Joseph
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- Condition
- Book VG+: touch of foxing to outer edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ G: long closed tears to front cover, repaired with tape (pictured), else clean, unclipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0060165901
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165901
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 1994. hardcover. Book VG+: touch of foxing to outer edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked/DJ G: long closed tears to front cover, repaired with tape (pictured), else clean, unclipped.. 8vo 357pp. from front flap: "In this account of Europe's rise to world leadership in technology, Frances and Joseph Gies make use of recent scholarship to destroy two time-honored myths. Myth One: that Europe's leap forward occurred suddenly in the "Renaissance," following centuries of medieval stagnation. Not so, say the Gieses: Early modern technology and experimental science were direct out-growths of the decisive innovations of medieval Europe, in the tools and techniques of agriculture, craft industry, metallurgy, building construction, navigation, and war. Myth Two: that Europe achieved its primacy through "Western" superiority. On the contrary, the authors report, many of Europe's most important inventions--the horse harness, the stirrup, the magnetic compass, cotton and silk cultivation and manufacture, papermaking, firearms, "Arabic" numerals--had their origins outside Europe, in China, India, and Islam." #02455.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2390
- Title
- Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel
- Author
- Gies, Frances and Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Book VG+: touch of foxing to outer edge text block, else clean, square, tight, unmarked
- Jacket Condition
- DJ G: long closed tears to front cover, repaired with tape (pictured), else clean, unclipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0060165901
- ISBN 13
- 9780060165901
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Middle Ages, history, technology, nonfiction
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