![]() ![]() In compact form and accessible prose, Edgerton offers a new vision of modern technological history, emphasizing staying power rather than novelty. "As fascinating in its details as in its arguments. Workaday world of things that are so much a part of what it means to live in the technological present."-Henry Petroski, author of To Engineer Is Human and The Evolution of Useful Things ![]() He does not just recite the familiar heroic leaps of invention, nor does he serve as a cheerleader for inflated promises of future breakthroughs rather, he emphasizes the importance of the "In this eminently readable book, David Edgerton takes a welcome fresh look at the nature of technology. Kevles, author of In the Name of Eugenics and The Baltimore Case He tells us why a variety of old technologies-from spinning wheels and rickshaws to mosquito netting-play essential roles in today's global life. "Edgerton arrestingly challenges the claim that hi-tech innovation is essential for progress and prosperity in the contemporary world. Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations and The Unbound Prometheus "David Edgerton is on to something very important.The Shock of the Old is one book that I intend to savour slowly and use."-David S. ![]()
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