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The last two centuries have seen unprecedented change in the everyday lives of Europeans. From the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Cold War, from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer Revolution, many of these changes were greatly influenced by the scientific and technological advances that took place during that period. This volume in the Daily Life Through History series examines how science and technology impacted the everyday life of modern Europeans in all aspects from of their lives.
Science and Technology in Modern European Life shows how science and technology influenced every aspect of daily life:
· Transportation: From horse and carriage to the iron horse (the locomotive) and the horseless carriage
· Communication: The expansion of mass culture from the advent of the newspaper and the picture postcard to the development of the internet
· War and Imperialism: How European technology enabled the colonization of much of the rest of the world, and how the changes in war technology forever altered how war is carried out
· The Home: The great changes of household technology, and how these changes altered the relationship between men and women
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN
MODERN EUROPEAN LIFE
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN
MODERN EUROPEAN LIFE GUILLAUME DE SYON
The Greenwood Press “Daily Life Through History” Series Science and Technology in Everyday Life
GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut•London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Syon, Guillaume de, 1966– Science and technology in modern European life / Guillaume de Syon. p. cm. — (Greenwood Press “Daily life through history” series. Science and technology in everyday life, ISSN 1080–4749) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–313–33768–0 (alk. paper) 1. Science—Social aspects—Europe—History. 2. Science—Europe—History. I. Title. Q175.52.E85S96 2008 509.4—dc22 2008026755 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright © 2008 by Guillaume de Syon All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008026755 ISBN: 978–0–313–33768–0 ISSN: 1080–4749 First published in 2008 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.greenwood.com Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
For Corinne and Lucie, who discover daily new uses for old technologies
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CONTENTS Preface
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Introduction: Revolutions
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Chronology 1. Agriculture: From Farm to Town
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2. Building the City and Its Urban Culture
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3. The Rail in All Its Expressions
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