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Verfasst von:Kupferschmidt, Uri M. [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:The diffusion of "small" western technologies in the Middle East
Titelzusatz:invention, use and need in the 19th and 20th centuries
Institutionen:Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG [Verlag]   i
Verf.angabe:Uri M. Kupferschmidt
Verlagsort:Berlin ; Boston
Verlag:De Gruyter
E-Jahr:2023
Jahr:[2023]
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (XI, 277 Seiten)
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Gesamttitel/Reihe:Studies on modern Orient ; volume 44
ISBN:978-3-11-077722-2
 978-3-11-077730-7
Abstract:In recent years we have become interested in the diffusion of "small" Western technologies in the countries of the Middle East during the 19th and 20th centuries, the era of Imperialism and first globalization. We postulated a contrast between "small" and "big" technologies. Under the latter category we may understand railway systems, electricity grids, telegraph networks, and steam navigation, imposed by foreign powers or installed by connected local entrepreneurs. But many "small" Western technologies, such as sewing machines, typewriters, pianos, eyeglasses, and similar consumer goods, which had been developed and manufactured in Europe and America, were wanted, and willingly acquired by the agency of individual users elsewhere. In a few cases, however, the inventions had to be adapted, or were overstepped, and even delayed. Some were adopted as social markers or status symbols only by elites who could afford them. Processes of adoption and diffusion therefore differed according to cultural settings, preferences, and needs. Social and cultural historians, and social scientists, not only of the Middle East, will find in this collection of essays a new approach to the impact of Western technological inventions on the Middle East
DOI:doi:10.1515/9783110777222
URL:Verlag: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110777222
 Cover: https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110777222/original
 Cover: https://www.dietmardreier.de/annot/564C42696D677C7C393738333131303737373139327C7C434F50.jpg?sq=6
 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110777222
Schlagwörter:(g)Naher Osten   i / (g)Westliche Welt   i / (s)Technischer Fortschritt   i / (s)Konsumgut   i / (s)Diffusion <Wirtschaft>   i / (s)Wirtschaftsentwicklung   i / (s)Globalisierung   i
Datenträger:Online-Ressource
Sprache:eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Kupferschmidt, Uri M.: The diffusion of "small" western technologies in the Middle East. - Berlin : De Gruyter, 2023. - XI, 277 Seiten
RVK-Notation:NW 6700   i
Sach-SW:RELIGION / Islam / History
 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000
 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
 Economic history
 Finance
 Finanzen
 General & world history
 Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
 Geschichte der Religion
 Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens
 Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein
 HIS065000
 HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt)
 HISTORY / Social History
 HISTORY / World
 History of religion
 Islam
 Islam
Zeit-SW:20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.)
 20th century
K10plus-PPN:1869980514
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