Machines as the measure of men : science, technology, and ideologies of Western dominance

1. Carefully read the chapter ?Global Hegemony and the Rise of Technology as the Main Measure of Human Achievement,? provided from Michael Adas’s Machines as the Measure of Men, 133-198.

2. Note the place that technology plays in defining European character as the nineteenth century progressed and how that definition shaped the European view of other less technologically developed cultures and their characters.

3. How does Adas’s depiction of European dominance compare with what you have learned from your work on your previous essay?

4. Discuss whether or not these European character traits were unique to Europeans. Discuss the advantage gained by Europeans from being the first to industrialize and whether you believe that advantage is permanent.