Does Technology Drive History?: The Dilemma of Technological Determinism (Smith Merritt Roe)(Paperback)

These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical questionthat has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine itspolitical, social, economic, and cultural forms?These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms? Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist," and a classic article by Robert Heilbroner (reprinted here) renewed the debate within the context of the history of technology. This book clarifies the debate and carries it forward.Marx's position has become embedded in our culture,
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