000013265 000__ 02881cam\a2200541\i\4500 000013265 001__ 13265 000013265 003__ SzGeWIPO 000013265 005__ 20210318092556.0 000013265 008__ 031023s2002\\\\njua\\\\rb\\\u001\0\eng\d 000013265 020__ $$a0691094837 000013265 020__ $$z9781400829439$$qelectronic book 000013265 020__ $$z1400829437$$qelectronic book 000013265 020__ $$z0691120137 000013265 020__ $$z9780691120133 000013265 020__ $$z9780691094830 000013265 020__ $$z9781283316903$$qonline 000013265 035__ $$a(wipo)(CD )03-0434 000013265 035__ $$a(OCoLC)49260877 000013265 040__ $$aSzGeWIPO$$beng$$erda$$cSzGeWIPO$$dCaBNVSL 000013265 050_4 $$aHC79.T4$$bM646 2005eb 000013265 08204 $$a338.064$$222 000013265 084__ $$aB 75 MOK.G 000013265 090__ $$c13935$$d13935 000013265 1001_ $$aMokyr, Joel,$$eauthor. 000013265 24514 $$aThe gifts of Athena :$$bhistorical origins of the knowledge economy /$$cJoel Mokyr. 000013265 264_1 $$aPrinceton, N.J. :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c2002. 000013265 300__ $$axiii, 359 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c24 cm. 000013265 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000013265 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000013265 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000013265 4901_ $$aPrinceton paperbacks 000013265 500__ $$aPublisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin022/2002025105.htmlLæs Publisher description online. 000013265 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-338) and index. 000013265 5050_ $$aTechnology 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. 000013265 520__ $$aThe growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its mechanisms? In The Gifts of Athena, Joel Mokyr constructs an original framework to analyze the concept of "useful" knowledge. He argues that the growth explosion in the modern West in the past two centuries was driven not just by the appearance of new technological ideas but also by the improved ac. 000013265 650_0 $$aTechnological innovations. 000013265 650_0 $$aKnowledge economy. 000013265 650_0 $$aEconomic development$$xHistory. 000013265 650_4 $$aTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION : ECONOMIC ASPECTS 000013265 650_4 $$aKNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY 000013265 650_6 $$aDéveloppement économique, Effets des innovations sur le$$xHistoire. 000013265 650_6 $$aInnovations$$xAspect économique$$xHistoire. 000013265 650_6 $$aDéveloppement économique$$xHistoire. 000013265 830_0 $$aPrinceton paperbacks. 000013265 903__ $$v1 000013265 942__ $$cMON 000013265 952__ $$w2006-11-03$$p2003-0434$$r30.45$$u14762$$bMAIN$$10$$kB 75 MOK.G$$v2003-10-23$$zLibrary$$70 000013265 980__ $$aBIB 000013265 999__ $$c13935$$d13935