Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Global magic : technologies of appropriation from ancient Rome to Wall Street Alf Hornborg

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.Description: x, 201 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781137567864
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.3
Online resources: Summary: Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less affluent parts of world society.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 306.3 HO GL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0054637

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less affluent parts of world society.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.