Daniel R. Headrick

Daniel R. Headrick (born 2 August 1941) is an American historian and writer.

He specializes in the history of technology.

Biography

Headrick was born on 2 August 1941.

Career

He finished his BA at Swarthmore College in 1962 and his MA at Johns Hopkins University in 1964.

He completed his PhD in history at Princeton University in 1971 with a thesis "The Spanish Army, 1868-1898 : structure, function and politics" [1]

Headrick received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1994.[2] He is currently a professor emeritus of history at Roosevelt University.[3] He is included in Gale's Contemporary Authors, new recision series, vol.188,[4]

Books

  • The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press, 1981[5][6] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1913 libraries [7] It has been translated into Spanish by Javier García Sanz as Los instrumentos del imperio : tecnología e imperialismo europeo en el siglo XIXm and into Japanese by Katsumasa Harada as 帝国の手先 : ヨーロッパ膨張と技術 / Teikoku no tesaki : Yōroppa bōchō to gijutsu
  • Technology: A World History Oxford University Press, 2010, According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1482 libraries [8]
  • When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850
  • The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940, Oxford University Press, 1988[5] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1376 libraries [9]
  • The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics, 1851-1945, Oxford University Press, 1991[5]
  • Power Over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present, Princeton University Press, 2010[10]

References

  1. ↑ Headrick, Daniel R (1 June 1971). The Spanish Army, 1868-1898: structure, function and politics. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  2. ↑ "Daniel R. Headrick". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Headrick, Daniel R. (31 March 2011). "Technology, Engineering, and Science". doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235810.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199235810-e-14. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Fuller, Amy Elisabeth (1 June 2018). "Contemporary authors new revision series. a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields Volume 188 Volume 188". Gale. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  5. 1 2 3 Millard, Andre (1994). "Reviewed Work: The Invisible Weapon: Telecommunications and International Politics, 1851-1945 by Daniel R. Headrick". Journal of World History. 5 (1): 153–155. JSTOR 20078591.
  6. ↑ Pyenson, Lewis (1982). "Reviewed Work: The Tools of Empire: Technology and European Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century by Daniel R. Headrick". Isis. University of Chicago Press. 73 (3): 462–463. JSTOR 231487.
  7. ↑ Headrick, Daniel R (1 June 1981). "The tools of empire: technology and european imperialism in the nineteenth century". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  8. ↑ Headrick, Daniel R (1 June 2018). "Technology: a world history". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  9. ↑ Headrick, Daniel R (1 June 1990). "The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1940". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via Open WorldCat.
  10. ↑ Smil, Vaclav (2011). "Reviewed Work: Power over Peoples: Technology, Environments, and Western Imperialism, 1400 to the Present by Daniel R. Headrick". American Historical Review. 116 (1): 144–145. JSTOR 23307572.
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