... Encyclopaedia of the history of technology Technology History I McNeil, Ian 609 T15 ISBN 0-415-01306-2 (Print Edition) Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data An Encyclopaedia of the history of. .. study and teaching of history, so little attention is paid to the history of technology Political and constitutional history, economic history, naval and military history, social history all are... largely dependent on the state of their technology and that of their enemy Their motivation was more often than not economic, and economic history and the history of technology can surely be considered