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

Daniel R. Headrick

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.

GenresImperialismHistoryTechnology transferGreat BritainColoniesTropics

405 pages, 6 editions

English edition · First published 1988 by Oxford University Press · ISBN 9780190281496

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Editions

6 editions

English

  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9780190281496 This page
  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9781601296733
  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9781280449710
  • The tentacles of progress · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9780195051155
  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9780198021780
  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940 · Oxford University Press · 1988 · ISBN 9780195051162

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