| 中文题目: | The Hidden Integration of Eurasia: East–West Relations in the History of Technology | ||||||
| 英文题目: | The Hidden Integration of Eurasia: East–West Relations in the History of Technology | ||||||
| 作 者: | Per Hogselius,Yao Dazhi | ||||||
| 刊物名称: | Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum | ||||||
| 发表年度: | 2017 | ||||||
| 卷: | 5 | ||||||
| 期: | 2 | ||||||
| 页码: | 71-99 | ||||||
| 中文摘要: | |||||||
| 英文摘要: | “East” and “West” have long been prominent categories in the history of technology. The historical literature that claims to deal with comparisons or connections between East and West from a technological point of view is rich and fascinating. Yet, so far there has been no attempt to succinctly summarize or synthesize the main findings. This article takes a first step towards such a synthesis. It does so by addressing technological interaction between three broadly defined geographical regions: (1) Western Europe and North America; (2) Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia; and (3) the non-Russian Far East. The article suggests that East–West studies in the history of technology can be divided into three sets, which would benefit from greater interaction with each other: studies of East–West and West– East technology transfer; studies comparing the evolution of Eastern and Western technological levels and technological “styles”; and studies of large technical systems that materially interconnect East and West. | ||||||
