History of Technology Volume 34

Description

Despite having undergone major advances in recent years, the history of technology in Latin America is still an understudied topic. This is the first English-language volume to bring together a variety of critical perspectives on the history of technology in Latin America from the early-19th century through to the present day. This special issue, assembled by guest editor David Pretel, brings together a range of experts to explore a plethora of topics in Latin America's technological history. Papers include a study of rural telephony in in 20th-century Latin America; the rise of the 'Techno-class' in modern Brazil; an analysis of the rise and fall of three Caribbean commodities; the history of educational technology in Latin America, and science and technology in Cold War Chile. Special Issue: Technology in Latin American History Edited by David Pretel (Colegio de Mexico, Mexico) and Helge Wendt (Max Plank Institute for the History of Science, Germany)

Ian Inkster is Professorial Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, UK.

[History of Technology Volume 34] is an excellent contribution to the historiography on Latin America's history of technology, allowing readers to explore a diverse and broad range of topics ... All the chapters are interdisciplinary and reveal the ambiguous and contradictory role of technology in Latin American history. * Technology and Culture *