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<p><b>A major history of technology and Western conquest</b><br><br>For six hundred years, the nations of Europe and North America have periodically attempted to coerce, invade, or conquer other societies. They have relied on their superior technology to do so, yet these technologies have not always guaranteed success. <i>Power over Peoples</i> examines Western imperialism's complex relationship with technology, from the first Portuguese ships that ventured down the coast of Africa in the 1430s
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- Author
- Daniel R. Headrick
- Publisher
- Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780691154329
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, World, Science
- Rating
- 3.68 / 5 (45 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
Other editions & translations
- Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) (2010)
- Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Prese (2012)
- Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World, 31) (2012)
- Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Book 31) (2010)
- Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World Book 31) (2009)
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