Search Results: the medieval machine the industrial revolution by gimpel jean 1918 1996

New York:: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976., 1976. First American Edition. 8vo. xi, 274 pp. Illus., index. Quarter gilt stamped black cloth over black papered boards, dust jacket; jacket small nick to upper corner, else fine. Jean Gimpel was a French historian and medievalist. He believed that the basis of sustainable development in the developing world should be low-tech mediaeval machines that could be built, maintained, repaired, and replaced using local craftsmen and resources.