Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Stone Age Technology
2: Hydraulic Civilizations (4000-1500 BCE)
3: Iron, horses, and Empires (1500 B.C.E. - 500 C.E.)
4: Post-Classical and Medieval Revolutions (500-1400)
5: An Age of Global Interactions (1300-1800)
6: The First Industrial Revolution (1750-1869)
7: The Acceleration of Change (1869-1939)
8: Toward a Post-Industrial World (1939-2000)
Chronology
Suggested Reading
Index

About the Author

Daniel R. Headrick is Professor of History and Social Science at Roosevelt University in Chicago.

Reviews

"Headrick restores a broad definition [of technology] that enhances the value of this wide-ranging survey....[I]t suits the New Oxford World History series goals of highlighting major trends and stimulating thinking."--CHOICE