Machines as the measure of men: science, technology, and ideologies of western dominance

""Machines as the Measure of Men""; ""CONTENTS""; ""Maps and Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface to the 2014 Edition""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I. BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION""; ""1. First Encounters: Impressions of Material Culture in an Age of Exploration""; ""Technology�Perceptions of Backwardness; Qualified Praise""; """Natural Philosophy��Illiteracy and Faulty Calendars""; ""Scientific and Technological Convergence and the First Hierarchies of Humankind""; ""2. The Ascendancy of Science: Shifting Views of Non-Western Peoples in the Era of the Enlightenment