A Modernization of "Peerless Homogeneity"

A Modernization of "Peerless Homogeneity"

Gordin discusses the creation of Russian smokeless gunpowder. Among other things, studies of technical choice in military modernization tend to take a unitary view of both technological determinism and the concept of modernization. D. I. Mendeleev's development of a Russian variant of smokeless...

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Veröffentlicht in:Technology and culture 2003-10, Vol.44 (4), p.677
1. Verfasser: Gordin, Michael D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
19th century
Chemical elements
Determinism
Factories
Firearm discharge residue
Gunpowder
Historians
Laboratories
Military technology
Modernization
Russian language
Science
Sulfur
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Zusammenfassung:Gordin discusses the creation of Russian smokeless gunpowder. Among other things, studies of technical choice in military modernization tend to take a unitary view of both technological determinism and the concept of modernization. D. I. Mendeleev's development of a Russian variant of smokeless gunpowder in the 1890s, however, offers a contrasting picture.
ISSN:0040-165X
1097-3729