Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change: An Historical SurveyMokyr provides a long term perspective on the economic impact of technological change, surveying developments in production technologies between 500 BC and 1914. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Classical Antiquity | 8 |
3 The Middle Ages | 16 |
Technology 15001750 | 34 |
The Industrial Revolution 17501830 | 51 |
18301914 | 75 |
7 The Historical Roots of Technological CreatMty | 101 |
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