Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central AsiaThe contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies. |
Contents
VII | 25 |
XI | 36 |
XII | 51 |
XIII | 64 |
XVII | 73 |
XVIII | 91 |
XIX | 115 |
XX | 132 |
XXII | 148 |
XXIII | 172 |
XXVI | 205 |
XXVII | 217 |
XXIX | 234 |
XXX | 242 |
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Technology, Tradition and Survival: Aspects of Material Culture in the ... Richard Tapper,Keith Stanley McLachlan No preview available - 2003 |
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