Introduction -- Institutions and technology in African development -- Learning knowledge and skills in small and medium …

This book explores how steam engine technology was transferred into nineteenth-century China in the second half of the …’s first generation of shipbuilding workers and engineers. It argues that conservatism against technology was not to blame for … associate professor at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He works on the history of Western science and technology in …

of manufacturing, through indigenous entrepreneurs starting high-technology firms. This third variety is elaborated with …