Beyond Imported Magic: Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America

by Eden Medina, Christina Holmes, Marcos Cueto, et al.

Book Overview

Studies challenging the idea that technology and science flow only from global North to South.

The essays in this volume study the creation, adaptation, and use of science and technology in Latin America. They challenge the view that scientific ideas and technology travel unchanged from the global North to the global South--the view of technology as "imported magic." They describe not only alternate pathways for innovation, invention,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262526204
• ISBN13: 9780262526203
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher