While the medieval period is often written off as a backward and benighted era, it was, in fact, marked by advances in wind and water power, agriculture, naviga

The History of Technology traces innovation of the ancient world, medieval and early modern worlds, the Industrial Revolution, up through the modern world.

"Frank shows how Marx and Weber got it all wrong. A fundamental rethinking of the rise of the West and the origin of the world-system. Absolutely essential to u

This volume explores the importance of technology in war, and to the study of warfare, during the past millennium, across several continents. Authors discuss in