History of Technology Volume 34

Despite having undergone major advances in recent years the history of technology in Latin America is still an understudied topic. This is the first English-language volume to bring together a variety of critical perspectives on the history of technology in Latin America from the early-19th century through to the present day. This special issue assembled by guest editor David Pretel brings together a range of experts to explore a plethora of topics in Latin America''s technological history. Papers include a study of rural telephony in in 20th-century Latin America; the rise of the ‘Techno-class’ in modern Brazil; an analysis of the rise and fall of three Caribbean commodities; the history of educational technology in Latin America and science and technology in Cold War Chile. Special Issue: Technology in Latin American History Edited by David Pretel (Colegio de Mexico Mexico) and Helge Wendt (Max Plank Institute for the History of Science Germany)