A Culture of Growth the Origins of the Modern Economy.

By:

Mokyr, Joel [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781400882915

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

HD75 .C858 2016

Online resources:

Click to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password

Available additional physical forms:

Contents:

Subject: During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today's unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development. Bringing together economics, the history of science and technology, and models of cultural evolution, Mokyr demonstrates that culture--the beliefs, values, and preferences in society that are capable of changing behavior--was a deciding factor in societal transformations.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	HD75.65 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn961456572

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface ; Part I: Evolution, Culture, and Economic History ; Chapter 1: Culture and Economics ; Chapter 2: Nature and Technology ; Chapter 3: Cultural Evolution and Economics ; Chapter 4: Choice-based Cultural Evolution.

Chapter 5: Biases in Cultural Evolution Part II: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Economic Change, 1500-1700 ; Chapter 6: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Choice-based Cultural Evolution ; Chapter 7: Francis Bacon, Cultural Entrepreneur ; Chapter 8: Isaac Newton, Cultural Entrepreneur.

Part III: Innovation, Competition, and Pluralism in Europe, 1500-1700 Chapter 9: Cultural Choice in Action: Human Capital and Religion ; Chapter 10: Cultural Change and the Growth of Useful Knowledge, 1500-1700; Chapter 11: Fragmentation, Competition, and Cultural Change ; Chapter 12: Competition and the Republic of Letters.

Part IV: Prelude to the Enlightenment Chapter 13: Puritanism and British Exceptionalism ; Chapter 14: A Culture of Progress ; Chapter 15: The Enlightenment and Economic Change ; Part V: Cultural Change in the East and West ; Chapter 16: China and Europe.

Chapter 17: China and the Enlightenment Epilogue: Useful Knowledge and Economic Growth ; References ; Index.

During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today's unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development. Bringing together economics, the history of science and technology, and models of cultural evolution, Mokyr demonstrates that culture--the beliefs, values, and preferences in society that are capable of changing behavior--was a deciding factor in societal transformations.

https://lib.ciu.edu/copyright-request-form

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.