December 14, 2003: I am done grading the essays. They will be available to collect from the IHPST main office, Old Vic Rm. 316 by 10:30am Monday morning at the latest.
December 14, 2003: Thanks to two more students for submitting questions, the final exam information section has been updated twice in the last day.
December 12, 2003: Thanks largely to one student who submitted a large number of questions, there is now a page of final exam information. The rest of you are encouraged to send in questions as well. Also, I will try to have the rest of the essays graded by the end of the today. At the latest, they will be available for pickup by 10 am on Monday. I will post here when they are available.
December 1, 2003: Late papers can be submitted to the IHPST Main Office, Rm. 316. During working hours, please hand your paper directly to the office staff. When the office is closed, leave your paper in the drop box outside the main office and sign and date the sheet of paper on top of the box.
November 25, 2003: The A. R. Hall reading on reserve at Pratt has been filed under the editor's name, not the author's. (Ask for the "McKendrick" article.)
| Lecture | Date | Topic and Reading/Assignment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tu 9 Sept | Introduction and Orientation |
| 2 | Th 11 Sept | Concepts of Technology |
| 3 | Tu 16 Sept | Greco-Roman Hydraulics and Water Supply Gies & Gies Ch. 2. "The Triumphs and Failures of Ancient Technology"; Landels, Ch. 2 "Water Supplies" and Ch. 3, "Water Pumps". |
| 4 | Th 18 Sept | Classical Architecture and Construction |
| 5 | Tu 23 Sept | Greco-Roman Weaponry K.D. White. Ch. 10, "Land Transport" and Ch. 11, "Ships and Water Transport.". |
| 6 | Th 25 Sept | Greco-Roman Transportation. Quiz |
| 7 | Tu 30 Sept | Greco-Roman Attitudes toward Technology Gies & Gies. Ch. 3, "The Not So Dark Ages." |
| 8 | Th 2 Oct | Medieval Feudalism: Agriculture |
| 9 | Tu 7 Oct | Medieval Feudalism: Aristocracies Gies & Gies, Ch. 6, "The High Middle Ages." |
| 10 | Th 9 Oct | Cathedrals and Construction. Quiz |
| 11 | Tu 14 Oct | Machinery in the Middle Ages Gies & Gies. Ch. 5. "The Technology of the Commercial Revolution." |
| 12 | Th 16 Oct | Mid-Term Exam |
| 13 | Tu 21 Oct | Clocks and Timekeepers Gies & Gies, Ch. 4, "The Asian Connection." |
| 14 | Th 23 Oct | Renaissance Artist-engineers |
| 15 | Tu 28 Oct | Leonardo da Vinci and Technology Gies & Gies, Ch. 7, "Leonardo and Columbus." |
| 16 | Th 30 Oct | Printing: Origins and Technique. Quiz |
| 17 | Tu 4 Nov | Printing: Spread and Effects Mokyr, Ch. 9, "China and Europe." |
| 18 | Th 6 Nov | Foods and Textiles |
| 19 | Tu 11 Nov | Gunpowder Mokyr, Ch. 4, "The Renaissance and Beyond." |
| 20 | Th 13 Nov | Nautical Technology and Exploration. Quiz. |
| 21 | Tu 18 Nov | Exploration and Colonization L. White, "The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis". |
| 22 | Th 20 Nov | News Worlds, Markets, and Foods |
| 23 | Tu 25 Nov | Science and Technology in the 17th Century A.R. Hall, "What did the Industrial Revolution in Britain owe to Science?" (On reserve at Pratt under the editor, "McKendrick") |
| 24 | Th 27 Nov | Shifting Attitudes towards Technology. Quiz |
| 25 | Tu 2 Dec | Beginnings of Industrialization |
| 26 | Th 4 Dec | Review for Final; Submit Term Papers |