About this title: How did Western Europe, engulfed in political chaos after the fall of Rome, rise by the time of Columbus to world leadership in technology? This book tells how the "silent contribution of many hands and minds" wrought a technological revolution that was marked by such key inventions as the horse collar, the vertical waterwheel, the spinning wheel, ...
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Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. 0060165901 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition
Binding: TRADE PAPERBACK
Publisher: Harper
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780060165901ISBN:0060165901
Description: VERY GOOD PLUS. Subtitled: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages. Some rubbing and edgewear. Indexed with bibliography and notes. Color illustrated cover; book illustrated in B&W. read more
Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060165901ISBN:0060165901
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 0060165901 Clean crisp DJ. Unmarked interior. NO remainder mark. read more
Description: NY: Harper Collins 1994, HB, 357p., possible book club edition due to smaller hardbound size, vg/vg, spine of dustjacket is sunned slightly. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780060165901ISBN:0060165901
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fourth printing, light shelf rubbing on jacket, pages straight and uncreased, no writing or highlighting, not a remainder. read more
"If you like history and you like technology, what could be better than a book about the history of technology? Seriously though, we think the dark ages were a period of stagnation but that is far from true. A great many advances were made beyond what the ancient Greeks and Romans had done (many ideas were borrowed from the Chinese who had failed to develop them) and so laid the foundations for the Renaissance and later the Industrial Revolution. For instance water wheels as we know them weren't common till about 1000AD. I found I needed to read this book while sitting near a computer so I could look up things on Wikipedia when I needed further detail."
"Incredible detail and depth are in this Gies volume, which begins far before the middle ages, spans continents, and ends with Christopher Columbus. It is a more scholarly volume than many of their others, and is more suited to post-high school readers. Black and white illustrations."
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