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Aug 10 2007 12:00am EDT

"Shock of the Old"

Ran across a review of a book that sounds promising -- about putting technological innovation in the broad context of history.

The review in American Scientist begins: The Shock of the Old is a pathbreaking work--full of promise, but also somewhat disturbing. The subtitle, 'Technology and Global History Since 1900,' captures the volume's broad and arresting perspective, suggesting its concern with "asking questions about the place of technology within wider historical processes."

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