The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940

by Daniel R. Headrick

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This study analyzes why a massive transfer of Western technology to European colonies between 1850 and 1940 did not create an industrial revolution in those countries. It argues that the transfer of technology caused some colonial regions to become locked in a state of underdevelopment.
  • ISBN10 019802178X
  • ISBN13 9780198021780
  • Publish Date December 1988 (first published 10 March 1988)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Oxford University Press
  • Edition Revised ed.
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 416
  • Language English