Technology In Southeast Asian History Av Suzanne Moon

<p><b>Explores the role of technology in the larger political and economic fabric of Southeast Asia.</b></p><p>In <i>Technology in Southeast Asian History</i>, Suzanne Moon explores the profound entanglement of technology with Southeast Asian politics, social life, economics, and culture over its long history. Moon offers a unique framework for understanding the place of technology in this region and its pivotal role in the emergence of the modern technological world.</p><p>Synthesizing scholarship from the fields of history, archaeology, and anthropology, Moon examines and links technological stories from prehistory to the mid-twentieth century. She uses analytics in the history of technology¿such as circulation, coproduction, and assemblage¿to highlight the processes and evolving patterns of technological dynamism that characterize the region. Drawing on research focused on specific technologies, including temple construction, rice agriculture, weaving, and shipbuilding, Moon investi

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