by Carlo M. Cipolla · CRITICA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474239904
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«Las máquinas del tiempo y de la guerra» is the historical essay by Carlo M. Cipolla, published by Crítica in paperback (210 pages, in Spanish).
It brings together two essays by Carlo M. Cipolla: one on the clock as a time machine and another on cannons and sailing ships as war machines. Both instruments proved essential in the technological revolution that enabled European expansion, against the stagnation of the East, and explain the origin of capitalism.
Published in 1999, it bears the subtitle «Estudios sobre la génesis del capitalismo» and is part of the «Libros de historia» collection from Crítica.
For history readers interested in the role of technology, economics, and European expansion in the origin of capitalism.
Carlo Maria Cipolla was an Italian economic historian. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
