oxford handbook engineering technology (13 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Cover/edges are worn and or have small tears, otherwise good reading copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Illustrated. Minor shelf wear. Else a bright, clean copy. Nearly every aspect of daily life in the Mediterranean world and Europe during the florescence of the Greek and Roman cultures is relevant to the topics of engineering and technology. This volume highlights both the accomplishments of the ancient societies and the remaining research problems, and stimulates further progress in the history of ancient technology. The subject matter of the book is the technological framework of the Greek and Roman cultures from ca. 800 B.C. through ca. A.D. 500 in the circum-Mediterranean world and Northern Europe. Each chapter discusses a technology or family of technologies from an analytical rather than descriptive point of view, providing a critical summation of our present knowledge of the Greek and Roman accomplishments in the technology concerned and the evolution of their technical capabilities over the chronological period. Each presentation reviews the issues and recent contributions, and defines the capacities and accomplishments of the technology in the context of the society that used it, the available "technological shelf," and the resources consumed. These studies introduce and synthesize the results of excavation or specialized studies. The chapters are organized in sections progressing from sources (written and representational) to primary (e.g., mining, metallurgy, agriculture) and secondary (e.g., woodworking, glass production, food preparation, textile production and leather-working) production, to technologies of social organization and interaction (e.g., roads, bridges, ships, harbors, warfare and fortification), and finally to studies of general social issues (e.g., writing, timekeeping, measurement, scientific instruments, attitudes toward technology and innovation) and the relevance of ethnographic methods to the study of classical technology. The unrivalled breadth and depth of this volume make it the definitive reference work for students and academics across the spectrum of classical studies.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback in nearly new condition, complete with dustjacket: crisp, clean and tight with sharp corners and strong joints. But note: this copy is retired from the publisher?s library, so just showing a small number tag affixed to the foot of the spine. Despite such, looks and feels unread and is now offered for sale at very reasonable price.

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Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008. First edition. In-8, xviii & 865 pages. Original hardcover, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Rome, Greece & Aegean.

Zustand: New. Editor(s): Oleson, John Peter. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 896 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: HDDK; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1518. . 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

xviii, 865 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents: Chapter 1: Ancient written sources for engineering and technology Chapter 2: Representations of technical processes Ch. 3: Historiography and theoretical approaches Primary, extractive technologies Ch. 4: Mining and metallurgy Ch. 5: Quarrying and stoneworking Ch. 6: Sources of energy and exploitation of power Ch. 7: Greek and Roman agriculture Ch. 8: Animal husbandry, hunting, and fishing and fish production Engineering and complex machines Ch. 9: Greek engineering and construction Ch. 10: Roman engineering and construction Ch. 11: Hydraulic engineering and water supply Ch. 12: Tunnels and canals Ch. 13: Machines in Greek and Roman technology Secondary processes and manufacturing Ch. 14: Food processing and preparation Ch. 15: Large-scale manufacturing, standardization, and trade Ch. 16: Metalworking and tools Ch. 17: Woodworking Ch. 18: Textile production Ch. 19: Tanning and leather Ch. 20 Ceramic production Ch. 21: Glass production technologies of movement and transport Ch. 22: Land transport, Part 1: Roads and bridges Ch. 23: Land transport, Part 2: Riding, harnesses, and vehicles Ch. 24: Sea transport, Part 1: Ships and navigation Ch. 25: Sea transport, Part 2: Harbors Technologies of death Ch. 26: Greek warfare and fortification Ch. 27: Roman warfare and fortification Technologies of the mind Ch. 28: Information technologies: Writing, book production, and the role of literacy Ch. 29: Timekeeping Ch. 30: Technologies of calculation Part 1: Weights and measures Part 2: Coinage Part 3: Practical mathematics Ch. 31: Gadgets and scientific instruments Ch. 32: Inventors, invention and attitudes toward innovation Ancient technologies in the modern world Ch. 33: Expanding ethnoarchaeology historical evidence and model-building in the study of technological change.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 896 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Very good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 865 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.75 inches. In Stock.