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Technology has long been an essential consideration in public
discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on
creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however,
activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned
to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of
sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early
Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered
vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical
fortunes of two such technologies-bicycling and waste
recycling-tracing their development over time and providing
valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on
Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors
show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique
knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish
collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent.
The Making Europe series was awarded the Freeman Award by the
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
(EASST) in 2014, in recognition of its significant contribution to
the interaction of science and technology studies with the study of
innovation.
Technology has long been an essential consideration in public
discussions of the environment, with the focus overwhelmingly on
creating new tools and techniques. In more recent years, however,
activists, researchers, and policymakers have increasingly turned
to mobilizing older technologies in their pursuit of
sustainability. In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early
Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered
vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical
fortunes of two such technologies-bicycling and waste
recycling-tracing their development over time and providing
valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
As the 20th century drew to a close, the trend to globalisation
became the focus of vigorous debate across the economic and
political spectrum. It fascinated businessmen, intoxicated stock
markets, angered trade unions, confused politicians and divided
academic commentators. Everybody agreed, however, that one key
element of the process of globalisation was the role played by new
technology. Clearly, technological change has driven globalisation
forward, but is it new? Does the evolution of 'globalised
technology' have earlier, historical origins? Putting the transfer
of technology between nations into historical context, this book
considers the degree to which global technologies have made
national institutions and traditions of technology redundant. We
know that globalisation erodes national cultural values and even
the sovereignty of nation states; does it also lead to standardised
global technology? Bringing together a cross-disciplinary gathering
of scholars from both sides of the Atlantic, this book addresses
these questions within a broad historical framework.
Die Wirtschaft des "Dritten Reichs" war zu weiten Teilen
ausgerichtet auf Rustung und Kriegsfuhrung. Aufrechterhalten werden
konnte das System der Kriegswirtschaft nur durch den massiven
Einsatz von Zwangsarbeitern und eine weitreichende Umsteuerung
industrieller Ressourcen. Im Rahmen des Projektes "Gemeinsames
Erinnern" luden die MTU Aero Engines und die BMW Group im Marz 2007
zu einem Symposium, um die neuesten wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse
zu diesem Themenkomplex vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Die
Autoren des Bandes befassen sich mit der Rustung in der deutschen
Luftfahrt- und Elektroindustrie, der Zwangsarbeit und ihren vielen
Gesichtern. Ein kursorischer Ausblick widmet sich der
Erinnerungskultur. Beitrage von Patrice Arnaud, Elsbeth Bosl, Marc
Buggeln, Lutz Budrass, John J. Delaney, Paul Erker, Constantin
Goschler, Thomas Irmer, Sergey A. Kizima, Nicole Kramer, Fabian
Lemmes, Stephanie Linsinger, Till Lorenzen, Stefan A. Oyen, Manfred
Overesch, Cord Pagenstecher, Joachim R. Rumpf, Jonas Scherner,
Raphael Spina, Jochen Streb, Constanze Werner, Daniel Uziel, Jurgen
Zarusky"
Focusing on experts in technology and science, Building Europe on
Expertise delivers a new reading of European history. The authors
show that modern Europe was built by experts using their unique
knowledge to shape societies, set political agendas, and establish
collaborations which proved decisive in integrating the continent.
The Making Europe series was awarded the Freeman Award by the
European Association for the Study of Science and Technology
(EASST) in 2014, in recognition of its significant contribution to
the interaction of science and technology studies with the study of
innovation.
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