A History of Mining in Latin America: From the Colonial Era to the Present by Kendall W. Brown (review)

659 to learn more about technology in Chinese culture. However, they would probably find it difficult to handle the question of change over time because the four themes do not consider how ideological and institutional changes might have impacted the transmission of technological knowledge over the nine centuries covered. Furthermore, adding a concluding chapter that summarizes the achievement of the project and points out where East– West comparisons may lead would certainly inspire more dialogues and research along these lines.