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100			_aMokyr, Joel _98403
245			_aThe Lever of Riches: Technological Creativity and Economic Progress
260			_bOxford University Press -- _c1992 _aUnited States of America --
300			_aix, 349p.
500			_aPart I: Economic Growth and Technological Progress; 1. Introduction; Part II: Narrative; 2. Classical Antiquity; 3. The Middle Ages; 4. The Renaissance and Beyond: Technology 1500-1750; 5. The Years of Miracles: The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1830; 6. The Later Nineteenth Century: 1830-1914; Part III: Analysis and Comparisons; 7. Understanding Technological Progress; 8. Classical and Medieval Technology; 9. China and Europe; 10. The Industrial Revolution: Britain and Europe; Part IV: Dynamics and Technological Progress; 11. Evolution and the Dynamics of Technological Change 12. Epilogue Bibliography
520			_a In a world of supercomputers, genetic engineering, and fiber optics, technological creativity is ever more the key to economic success. But why are some nations more creative than others, and why do some highly innovative societies--such as ancient China, or Britain in the industrial revolution--pass into stagnation? Beginning with a fascinating, concise history of technological progress, Mokyr sets the background for his analysis by tracing the major inventions and innovations that have transformed society since ancient Greece and Rome. What emerges from this survey is often surprising.
650			_aSocial Sciences _98148
650			_aEconomics _9307
650			_aProduction _98008
650			_aEconomic development _92627
650			_aTechnological innovations Economic aspects _98404
650			_aHistory _91417
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