Technology and globalisation: networks of experts in world history

This text examines the role of experts and expertise in the dynamics of globalisation since the mid-19th century.

It shows how engineers, scientists and other experts have acted as globalising agents, providing many of the materials and institutional means for world economic and technical integration.

Focusing on the study of international connections, 'Technology and Globalisation' illustrates how expert practices have shaped the political economies of interacting countries, entire regions and the world economy.

This title brings together a range of approaches and topics across different regions, transcending nationally-bounded historical narratives.

Each chapter deals with a particular topic that places expert networks at the centre of the history of globalisation.