Michael Adas: 3 books
Machines as the Measure of Men
Science, Technology, and Ideologies of Western Dominance
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and cultures. In Machines as the Measure of Men, Michael Adas explores the ways in which European perceptions of their scientific...
Prophets of Rebellion
Millenarian Protest Movements against the European Colonial Order
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Adas explores the relationship between millenarianism and violent protest by focusing on five case studies representing a wide range of social, political, and economic systems. The rebellions examined are: Netherlands East Indies (1825-30), New Zealand (c. 1864-67), Central India (1895-1900), German...
by Michael Adas
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
The essays collected in this volume, first published in 1998, address the profound changes and disruptions wrought in peasant societies as a result of European colonial domination and the spread of the capitalist world economy from its European base. Detailed case study evidence is included in the...