It's not quite what you're asking for but there's a really interesting series of books called the "Cross-Time Engineer" [1] which is a thinly veiled thought experiment of how to reboot civilization from a medieval time period with modern knowledge.

I recommend the series as it's absolutely fantastic from an engineering perspective, but also kind of horrifying from a culture one.

1 - http://www.amazon.com/Leo-A.-Frankowski/e/B000API2VY/ref=dp_...