Greek and Roman Technology
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-92790-2 (ISBN)
Sherwood and Nikolic, with Humphrey and Oleson, provide a comprehensive and accessible collection of rich and varied sources to illustrate and elucidate the beginnings of technology. Among the topics covered are energy, basic mechanical devices, hydraulic engineering, household industry, medicine and health, transport and trade, and military technology. This fully revised Sourcebook collects more than 1,300 passages from over 200 ancient sources and a diverse range of literary genres, such as the encyclopaedic Natural History of Pliny the Elder, the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius, the agricultural treatises of Varro, Columella, and Cato, the military texts of Philo of Byzantium and Aeneas Tacticus, as well as the medical texts of Galen, Celsus, and the Hippocratic Corpus. Almost 100 line drawings, indexes of authors and subjects, introductions outlining the general significance of the evidence, notes to explain the specific details, and current bibliographies are included.
This new and revised edition of Greek and Roman Technology will remain an important and vital resource for students of technology in the ancient world, as well as those studying the impact of technological change on classical society.
Andrew N. Sherwood is associate professor in the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Guelph, Canada. Milorad Nikolic is associate professor in the Department of Classics at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Canada. John W. Humphrey is retired from the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary, Canada. John P. Oleson is retired from the Department of Greek and Roman Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada.
List of Illustrations; Preface to the second edition; Extract from the preface and acknowledgements of the first edition; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Rise of Humans and Human Technology; 2 Sources of Energy and Basic Mechanical Devices; 3 Agriculture; 4 Food Processing; 5 Mining and Quarrying; 6 Metallurgy; 7 Sculpture; 8 Construction Engineering; 9 Hydraulic Engineering; 10 Household Crafts, Health and Well-Being, and Workshop Production; 11 Transport and Trade; 12 Record-Keeping; 13 Military Technology; 14 Attitudes towards Labour, Innovation, and Technology; Indexes
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.05.2016 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World |
| Zusatzinfo | 98 Halftones, black and white; 98 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 1406 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-92790-2 / 1138927902 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-92790-2 / 9781138927902 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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