The lever of riches : technological creativity and economic progress

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The lever of riches : technological creativity and economic progress

Joel Mokyr

Oxford University Press, 1990

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Bibliography: p. [305]-328

Includes index

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内容説明

Why are some nations more technically creative than others and why do some highly innovative societies eventually stagnate? In this study of the value and meaning of technological advance, Joel Mokyr considers how past physical and social conditions have influenced the development and reception of new ideas.

目次

  • Part I: Introduction
  • Part II: Classical antiquity
  • The Middle Ages
  • The Renaissance and beyond
  • The years of miracles: the Industrial Revolution
  • The later Nineteenth century
  • Part III: Understanding technological progress
  • Classical and medieval technology
  • China and Europe
  • The industrial revolution: Britain and Europe
  • Part IV: Evolution and the dynamics of technological change.

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