Technology and Change in History
- ISBN-10
- 9004152369
- ISBN-13
- 9789004152366
- Series
- Technology and Change in History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Authors
- G. R. H. Wright, Robert I. Curtis, Adam Lucas
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