The Gifts of Athena : : Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy / / Joel Mokyr.
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (384 p.) :; 5 line illus. 3 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Technology and the Problem of Human Knowledge
- Chapter 2: The Industrial Enlightenment: The Taproot of Economic Progress
- Chapter 3: The Industrial Revolution and Beyond
- Chapter 4: Technology and the Factory System
- Chapter 5: Knowledge, Health, and the Household
- Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Knowledge: Innovation and Resistance in Economic History
- Chapter 7: Institutions, Knowledge, and Economic Growth
- References
- Index