Mokyr The Gifts of Athena

Historical Origins of the Knowledge Economy
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2943-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

Joel Mokyr is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Economics and History, at Northwestern University. He is the author of the widely acclaimed The Lever of Riches and editor of the Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Economic History. He is a former editor of the Journal of Economic History and President Elect of the Economic History Association.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mokyr, Joel

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Wissensmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Chapter 1: Technology and the Problem of Human Knowledge 1

Chapter 2: The Industrial Enlightenment: The Taproot of Economic Progress 28

Chapter 3: the Industrial Revolution and Beyond 78

Chapter 4: Technology and the Factory System 119

Chapter 5: Knowledge, Health, and th Household 163

Chapter 6: the Political Economy of Knowledge: Innovation and Resistance in Economic History 218

Chapter 7: Institutions, Knowledge, and Economic Growth 284

References 299

Index 339

Über Autor(innen)

Joel Mokyr is the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Economics and History, at Northwestern University. He is the author of the widely acclaimed The Lever of Riches and editor of the Oxford University Press Encyclopedia of Economic History. He is a former editor of the Journal of Economic History and President Elect of the Economic History Association.