Books : The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century
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by: Daniel R. Headrick
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.48309034
EAN: 9780195028324
ISBN: 0195028325
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 221
Publication Date: March 26, 1981
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Sales Rank: 19038
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Rating:  - Technological Perspective on Colonial Expansion
Headrick has written an excellent book on how technology allowed and enabled colonial expansion in the 19th century. Although the focus of the book could lead to an interpretation of technological determinism, he does acknowledge that other, related factors had to exist. In fact, the introduction discusses the twin issues of motive and means, recognizing that both need to exist, the relationship is fluid, and that they are interrelated. However, and keeping in mind the book was written in 1981, ... Read More
Rating:  - Answers why the explosion of Colonialism in 19th Century
Daniel Headrick explains his purpose, "to argue that both the motives [for imperialist expansion] and the means [to facilitate it] changed [in the 19th century], and both caused the event," in the opening chapter of his 210-page book. He does this by "analyzing the technological changes that made imperialism happen, both as they enabled motives to produce events, and as they enhanced the motives themselves." Through a wealth of both primary and secondary sources, well documented in end-of-chapter ... Read More
Rating: - Answers why the explosion of Colonialism in 19th Century
Daniel Headrick explains his purpose, "to argue that both the motives [for imperialist expansion] and the means [to facilitate it] changed [in the 19th century], and both caused the event," in the opening chapter of his 210-page book. He does this by "analyzing the technological changes that made imperialism happen, both as they enabled motives to produce events, and as they enhanced the motives themselves." Through a wealth of both primary and secondary sources, well documented in end-of-chapter ... Read More
Rating:  - Informational, but fails to motivate the reader to read it
A very dry book that is written in an easy to read style. That's great, but it is so relaxing that it can put you to sleep within a few pages. Granted, he had a tough topic to create excitement out of, but this reads like one of those textbooks that you dreaded receiving the first day of classes.
He talks about the motivation of European imperialism. He should have remembered to motivate the reader to care.
Rating: - Pioneer work on technology in world history [4 1/2 stars]
Though the subject will not interest everyone (thus 4 1/2 stars), "Tools of Empire" is still a fine example of sound research made accessible for a student/general audience by gifted writing. Headrick shows that, even though the will to dominate existed for a long time previously, Europe's chance to conquer most of the globe only came in the second half of the 19th century.
The technological changes associated with the transition from the First to the Second Industrial Revolution helped ... Read More
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