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The gifts of Athena : historical origins of the knowledge economy / Joel Mokyr.
2002
B 75 MOK.G
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The gifts of Athena : historical origins of the knowledge economy / Joel Mokyr.
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xiii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
ISBN
0691094837
9781400829439 electronic book
1400829437 electronic book
0691120137
9780691120133
9780691094830
9781283316903 online
9781400829439 electronic book
1400829437 electronic book
0691120137
9780691120133
9780691094830
9781283316903 online
Alternate Call Number
B 75 MOK.G
Summary
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 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.
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Publisher description: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin022/2002025105.htmlLæs Publisher description online.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-338) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Series
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Princeton paperbacks.
Published
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2002.
Language
English
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