Favorites of fortune : technology, growth, and economic development since the Industrial Revolution

Author(s)

• Higonnet, Patrice L. R.
• Landes, David S.
• Rosovsky, Henry

Bibliographic Information

Favorites of fortune : technology, growth, and economic development since the Industrial Revolution

edited by Patrice Higonnet, David S. Landes, Henry Rosovsky

Harvard University Press, 1991

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780674295209

Description

Theorists have attributed unequal growth rates among nations to political factors or to the unequal distribution of land. In "Favorites of Fortune", a group of international economists and historians pit economic history against the assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last 200 years. These studies approach a common concern with assurance and a variety of techniques, all interrelated, all leaving room for ammendment and contradiction.

Table of Contents

• PaRT 1 Technology: the conquest of high mortality and hunger in Europe and America - timing and mechanisms, Robert W. Fogel
• the hero and the herd in technological history - reflections on Thomas Edison and the battle of the systems, Paul A. David
• the "Docile" body as an economic-industrial growth factor, Rudolf Braun
• the choice of technique - entrepreneurial decisions in the 19th century European cotton and steel industries, Wolfram Fischer
• the city and technological innovation, Paul Bairoch
• dear labour, cheap labour and the industrial revolution, Joel Mokyr. Part 2 Entrepreneurialism: entrepreneurship, total factor productivity, and economic efficiency - Landes, Solow and Farrell 30 years later, Robert C. Allen
• the Huguenots and the English financial revolution, Francois Crouzer
• what happened to the theory of economic development?, William Lazonick
• public sector entrepreneurship, Jonathan Hughes
• employment strategies and production structures in the Swiss watchmaking industry, Francois Jequier
• entrepreneurs and managers, Peter Temin. Part 3 Paths of economic growth: did England's cities grow too fast during the Industrial Revolution?, Jeffrey G. Williamson
• technology and the economic theorist - past, present and future, W.W. Rostow
• creating competitive capability - innovation and investment in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany from the 1870s to World War I, Alfred D. Chandler
• benefits and costs of late development, Anne O. Krueger
• Prometheus unbound and developing countries, Irma Adelman
• marriage bars - discrimination against married women workers from the 1920s to the 1950s, Claudia Goldin.

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780674295216

Description

A galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.

Table of Contents

David S. Landes Introduction: On Technology and Growth I. Technology Robert W. Fogel The Conquest of High Mortality and Hunger in Europe and America: Timing and Mechanisms Paul A. David The Hero and the Herd in Technological History: Reflections on Thomas Edison and the Battle of the Systems Rudolf Braun The "Docile" Body as an Economic-Industrial Growth Factor Wolfram Fischer The Choice of Technique: Entrepreneurial Decisions in the Nineteenth-Century European Cotton and Steel Industries Paul Bairoch The City and Technological Innovation Joel Mokyr Dear Labor, Cheap Labor, and the Industrial Revolution II. Entrepreneurialism Robert C. Allen Entrepreneurship, Total Factor Productivity, and Economic Efficiency: Landes, Solow, and Farrell Thirty Years Later Francois Crouzet The Huguenots and the English Financial Revolution William Lazonick What Happened to the Theory of Economic Development? Jonathan Hughes Public Sector Entrepreneurship Francois Jequier Employment Strategies and Production Structures in the Swiss Watchmaking Industry Peter Temin Entrepreneurs and Managers III. Paths of Economic Growth Jeffrey G. Williamson Did England's Cities Grow Too Fast during the Industrial Revolution? W. W. Rostow Technology and the Economic Theorist: Past, Present, and Future Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Creating Competitive Capability: Innovation and Investment in the United States, Great Britain, and Germany from the 1870s to World War I Anne O. Krueger Benefits and Costs of Late Development Irma Adelman Prometheus Unbound and Developing Countries Claudia Goldin Marriage Bars: Discrimination against Married Women Workers from the 1920s to the 1950s Contributors Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA13094543
• ISBN:
  • 067429520X
  • 0674295218
• LCCN: 91012249
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 558 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC79.T4
  • DC20 : 338/.064/09
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- History
  • LCSH : Economic history
  • LCSH : Industry -- History