Professor Ian Inkster 
History of Technology Volume 34 [EPUB ebook] 

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)