The Gifts of Athena : Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy /

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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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Autor principal: Mokyr, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Technische Innovation
Informationswirtschaft
Technological innovations > Economic aspects.
Economic development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Knowledge Capital.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Technology.
Developpement economique > Histoire.
Innovations > Aspect economique > Histoire.
Economic development > History.
Technological innovations > Economic aspects > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Technology and the problem of human knowledge
  • The industrial enlightenment : the taproot of economic progress
  • The Industrial Revolution and beyond
  • Technology and the factory system
  • Knowledge, health, and the household
  • The political economy of knowledge : innovation and resistance in economic history
  • Institutions, knowledge, and economic growth.

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