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Wind, Water, Work: Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology
Contributor(s): Lucas, Adam (Author)
ISBN: 9004205934     ISBN-13: 9789004205932
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE:   $52.25  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: February 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe - Medieval
- Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General
- Science | History
Dewey: 664.720
Series: Brill's Paperback Collection / History
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.4" (1.65 lbs) 460 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods.
Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed.
The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an "industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology.

Originally published in hardcover.