Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and cultures.
Adopting a broad, comparative perspective, he analyzes European responses to the cultures of sub-Saharan Afri.
In Machines as the Measure of Men , Michael Adas explores the ways in which European perceptions of their scientific and technological superiority shaped their interactions with people overseas.
Over the past five centuries, advances in Western understanding of and control over the material world have strongly influenced European responses to non-Western peoples and cultures