Microhistories of Technology Making the World / by Hård, Mikael

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: Challenging Globalizing Technologies.…”
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Rethinking Secular Time in Victorian England by Fisher-Høyrem, Stefan

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction: Secularities, Technologies, and Modern -- Temporalities -- Challenging Secularization -- First Challenge: The Material Turn -- Second Challenge: The Temporal Turn -- Confusing Times -- Rethinking Secularization -- Overview of the Book -- Bibliography -- 2 Secular Time: Origin Story and Operationalization -- Origins of the Saeculum -- Immutable Mobiles -- Victorian Networks -- Bibliography -- 3 Railways: Tracks, Trains, and Travellers -- Moving Bodies -- Local Time -- Branching Out -- Temporal Trauma -- The Transport Machine -- Tracks -- Trains -- Travellers -- Temporal Coordination -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 4 News: The Pursuit of Immediacy -- Temporality and Form -- A Printed Public Sphere -- Emerging Publics -- Environmental Resistance -- Expanding Networks -- Mobilization -- Insulation -- Printing -- Journalism Skills -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 5 Banknotes: The Money of Civilization -- Performing the Economy -- Gold Standard -- The State -- Policing the Standard -- The Bank of England -- A Networkof Notes -- A Combination of the Arts -- As Good as Gold -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 6 Conclusion: A New Approach to Secularization -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Cold War Civil Defence in Western Europe Sociotechnical Imaginaries of Survival and Preparedness /

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One Hundred Years of Chemical Warfare: Research, Deployment, Consequences

Subjects: “…Security Science and Technology.…”
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Fungal Disease in Britain and the United States 1850-2000 Mycoses and Modernity / by Homei, A., Worboys, M.

“…Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History,…”
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Cultural Heritage in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Context of change -- Cultures and technology. An analysis of the changes currently taking place: the digital and the global dimension and local cultures -- Interdisciplinary collaborations in the creation of digital dance and performance: A critical examination -- Sound archives accessibility -- Technology and public access to cultural heritage: the Italian experience on IT for public historical archives -- Intellectual Property Rights and Photography: an Eternal Golden Braid -- Part II: Mediated and unmediated heritage -- A case study of an inclusive museum. …”
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The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain by Tarlow, Sarah

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Global History and New Polycentric Approaches Europe, Asia and the Americas in a World Network System /

Table of Contents: “…PART I Escaping from National Narratives:The New Global History in China and Japan -- Global History, the Role of Scientific Discovery and the 'Needham Question': Europe and China 16th to 19th Centuries -- Encounter and Co-existence: Portugal and Ming China 1511-1610 - Rethinking the Dynamics of a Century of Global-Local Relations -- Challenging National Narratives: On the Origins of Sweet Potato in China as Global Commodity during the Early Modern Period -- Economic Depression and the Silver Question in Nineteenth-Century China -- Kaiiki-shi and World/Global History: A Japanese Perspective -- PART II Trade Networks and Maritime Expansion in East Asian Studies -- Structure and Transformation of the Ming Tribute Trade System -- Nanban Trade and Shuinsen Trade in 16th and 17th Century Japan -- The Jewish Presence in China and Japan in the Early Modern Period: A Social Representation -- Quantifying Ocean Currents as Story Models: Global Oceanic Currents and their Way into Global Navigation -- PART III Circulation of Technology and Commodities in the Atlantic and Pacific -- Global History and the History of Consumption: Congruence and Divergence -- Mexican Cochineal, Local Technologies and the Rise of Global Trade (16th-19th centuries) -- Social Networks and the Circulation of Technology and Knowledge in the Global Spanish Empire -- Global Commodities in Early Modern Spain -- Big History as a Commodity at Chinese Universities: A Study in Circulation.…”
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A People’s History of Structural Racism in Academia From A(dministration of Justice) to Z(oology) by Rahman, Susan, Sunder, Prateek, Jackson, Dahmitra

Table of Contents: “…Licensing -- 1: Introduction -- 2: A Look at Structural Racism by Discipline -- Administration of Justice -- Anthropology -- Architecture -- Art- Dance -- Art- Drama -- Art- Visual -- Art History -- Astronomy -- Biology -- Business -- Career Counseling -- Career Technology Education (CTE) -- CTE -Fire Technology -- CTE- Graphic Design -- CTE - Multimedia Studies -- Chemistry -- Communication/Film/Speech -- Computer Science -- Early Childhood Education -- Economics -- Engineering -- English -- English as Second Language -- Environmental Science -- Ethnic Studies -- Geography -- Geology -- Health Education -- History -- Human Sexuality -- Languages -- Library and Information Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematics- Statistics -- Music -- Music/Musical Performance/ers -- Philosophy -- Physics -- Physics- Astrophysics -- Political Science -- Psychology -- Sociology -- Zoology -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Reflections from the Authors -- A List of Resources for Further Exploration -- References…”
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The 3 Dimensions of Digitalised Archaeology State-of-the-Art, Data Management and Current Challenges in Archaeological 3D-Documentation /

Table of Contents: “…Editors: 3D-Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: Where are we today? -- Chapter 2. Technological developments -- Chapter 3. 1 Tobias Schreck, Stephan Karl, Elisabeth Trinkl (Graz): Exploring the virtual. …”
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Martial Culture and Historical Martial Arts in Europe and Asia A Multi-perspective View on Sword Culture /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 : Sword Culture from Socio-historic Perspectives -- Chapter 1 - Stratification in Italian Martial Culture (Roberto Gotti & Enrico Valseriati) -- Chapter 2 - Development of the Yanlingdao from the Yuan to Qing dynasty (Gong Jian) -- Chapter 3 - Daniel Jaquet, The Rise of the Two-Handed Sword in the Age of Staff-Weapons -- Chapter 4 - Ma Lianzhen, The Origin of the Two-Handed Sword in China -- Part 2: Fight Books: the Transmission and Interpretation of Knowledge -- Chapter 5 - Omar Ma, Ming Dynasty Chinese Fencing Treatises -- Chapter 6 - Miriam Vogelaar, Fabris's 1606 Fencing Manual: an Analytical Bibliographical Study -- Chapter 7 - Manuel Valle Ortiz, The Ferrara Manuscript: Destreza and Vulgar -- Part 3: Material Culture: Weapons, Technology, & Aesthetics -- Chapter 8 - Hu Xiaojun, Rediscovering Swordmaking Techniques of Ancient China: Insights from Reconstructing a Han-Dynasty Ring-Pommel Dao -- Chapter 9 - Gabriele Tonelli, Historical Sword-making Techniques in Northern Italy in the XVI and XVII Centuries -- part 4 : Classical Martial Art Traditions -- Chapter 10 - Ma Lianzhen, Duanbing and the History of Fencing in China -- Chapter 11 - Jacopo Penso, Interpreting Achille Marozzo's System of Sword-fighting: A Contemporary Case Study -- Chapter 12 - Axel Pettersson, Applying Pedagogic Methods in Historic European Martial Arts. .…”
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50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility - Conflict & Reconciliation

Table of Contents: “…The Destruction of Heritage is Multidimensional - Case Studies and Narratives -- Chapter 7. Technological Change -- Chapter 8. Commodification of Heritage -- Part 4. …”
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The European Experience A Multi-Perspective History of Modern Europe, 15002000

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Unit 1 Identities -- Chapter 1.1 Ideas of Europe -- Chapter 1.2 Borders -- Chapter 1.3 Migration -- Chapter 1.4 Europe's Other(ed)s: The Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East -- Unit 2 Societies -- Chapter 2.1 Demographic Change -- Chatper 2.2 Interethnic Relations -- Chapter 2.3 Household and Family -- Chapter 2.4 Inequalities -- Unit 3 Power and Citizenshpi -- Chapter 3.1 State-Building and Nationalism -- Chaptetr 3.2 Empire and Colonialism -- Chapter 3.3 Revolutions and Civil Wars -- Chapter 3.4 Peace and Conflict -- Chapter 3.5 Protest and Social Movements -- Unit 4 Knowledge -- Chapter 4.1 Science and Technological Change -- Chapter 4.2 Social Engineering and Welfare -- Chapter 4.3 Education and Knowledge Transfer -- Chapter 4.4 Understanding and Controllinig the Environment -- Unit 5 Economy -- Chapter 5.1 Entrepeneurs, Companies, Markets -- Chapter 5.2 Distribution Wealth -- Chapter 5.3 Production and Consumption -- Chapter 5.4 Labour and Forced Labour -- Unit 6 Living with Differencce -- Chapter 6.1 Religions -- Chapter 6.2 Ideologies -- Chapter 6.3 Centres and Pripheries -- Chapter 6.4 Gnerations and Lifecycles -- Unit 7 Cultural Encounters -- Chapter 7.1 Experiments and Avant-Gardes -- Chapter 7.2 Mass Media and Popular Culture -- Chapter 7.3 Sports and Leisure -- Chapter 7.4 Heritage and Memory -- List of Authors -- Index…”
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World History Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 by Berger, Eugene, Israel, George L., Miller, Charolette

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Vermin, Victims and Disease British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and Badgers / by Cassidy, Angela

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