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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Joel Mokyr (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 20.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 13.50cm Weight: 0.313kg ISBN: 9780195074772ISBN 10: 0195074777 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 25 June 1992 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I: Introduction; Part II: Classical antiquity; The Middle Ages; The Renaissance and beyond; The years of miracles: the Industrial Revolution; The later Nineteenth century; Part III: Understanding technological progress; Classical and medieval technology; China and Europe; The industrial revolution: Britain and Europe; Part IV: Evolution and the dynamics of technological changeReviewsThis is an ambitious and intriguing book ... What marks it out is the sophisticated handling of the theory of techonological change, within an evolutionary theoretical paradigm ... this is an important, erudite and engrossing book, and is lifely to be one of the key works in the emerging evolutionary analysis of technological change. It is essential reading for those interested in both economic history and the development of evolutionary economics. * Geoff Hodgson, University of Cambridge * it brings together a wealth of information on the development of technology and the means of analysing it ... it is so splendidly provocative * Roger Burt, University of Exeter, Economic History Review, Aug '91 * This is an important book about the determinants of technological creativity and why the West has been successful in promoting and adopting new technology for economic progress. The Lever of Riches is a valuable book that every economist should read. * Gary D. Libecap, University of Arizona, Journal of Comparative Economics 15 (1991) * This is an important book about the determinants of technological creativity and why the West has been successful in promoting and adopting new technology for economic progress. The Lever of Riches is a valuable book that every economist should read. Gary D. Libecap, University of Arizona, Journal of Comparative Economics 15 (1991) it brings together a wealth of information on the development of technology and the means of analysing it ... it is so splendidly provocative Roger Burt, University of Exeter, Economic History Review, Aug '91 This is an ambitious and intriguing book ... What marks it out is the sophisticated handling of the theory of techonological change, within an evolutionary theoretical paradigm ... this is an important, erudite and engrossing book, and is lifely to be one of the key works in the emerging evolutionary analysis of technological change. It is essential reading for those interested in both economic history and the development of evolutionary economics. Geoff Hodgson, University of Cambridge Author InformationJoel Mokyr is Professor of Economics and History at Northwestern University, and is the author of Why Ireland Starved, The Economics of the Industrial Revolution, and other books in economic history. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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