Technology, Tradition and Survival

Aspects of Material Culture in the Middle East and Central Asia

• Author(s): Richard Tapper, Keith McLachlan,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 216
• ISBN_10: 1135777020
  ISBN_13: 9781135777029
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Economics / General , History / Middle East / General , History / Asia / General ,

Description:... The contributors address the history, originality, variety and sophistication of traditional science, technology and material culture in the Middle East and Central Asia, their influence on the history of Europe and the West, and the threat posed by modern Western technologies.