Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change : An Historical Survey

Name: Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change:An Historical Survey
ISBN: 9781315824284

doi:10.4324/9781315824284

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Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change

ABSTRACT

Mokyr provides a long term perspective on the economic impact of technological change, surveying developments in production technologies between 500 BC and 1914.

Twenty-Five Centuries of Technological Change

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

chapter |9 pages

Classical Antiquity

chapter |18 pages

The Middle Ages

chapter |17 pages

The Renaissance and Beyond

chapter |24 pages

The Years of Miracles

chapter |25 pages

The Later Nineteenth Century

chapter |16 pages

The Historical Roots of Technological Creativity