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100 1  Mokyr, Joel. 
245 14 The gifts of Athena :|bhistorical origins of the knowledge
       economy /|cJoel Mokyr. 
246 30 Historical origins of the knowledge economy 
264  1 Princeton [N.J.] :|bPrinceton University Press,|c[2002] 
264  4 |c©2002 
300    xiii, 359 pages :|billustrations ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-338) and 
       index. 
505 0  Technology and the problem of human knowledge -- The 
       industrial enlightenment : the taproot of economic 
       progress -- The Industrial Revolution and beyond -- 
       Technology and the factory system -- Knowledge, health, 
       and the household -- The political economy of knowledge : 
       innovation and resistance in economic history -- 
       Institutions, knowledge, and economic growth. 
520 1  "The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in 
       the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic 
       element in the economic and social history of the world. 
       Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But 
       what are the historical origins of this revolution and 
       what have been its mechanisms? In The Gifts of Athena, 
       Joel Mokyr constructs an original framework to analyze the
       concept of "useful" knowledge. He argues that the growth 
       explosion in the modern West in the past two centuries was
       driven not just by the appearance of new technological 
       ideas but also by the improved access to these ideas in 
       society at large - as made possible by social networks 
       comprising universities, publishers, professional sciences,
       and kindred institutions. Through a wealth of historical 
       evidence set in clear and lively prose, he shows that 
       changes in the intellectual and social environment and the
       institutional background in which knowledge was generated 
       and disseminated brought about the Industrial Revolution, 
       followed by sustained economic growth and continuing 
       technological change." "Mokyr draws a link between 
       intellectual forces such as the European enlightenment and
       subsequent economic changes of the nineteenth century, and
       follows their development into the twentieth century. He 
       further explores some of the key implications of the 
       knowledge revolution. Among these is the rise and fall of 
       the "factory system" as an organizing principle of modern 
       economic organization. He analyzes the impact of this 
       revolution on information technology and communications as
       well as on the public's state of health and the structure 
       of households. By examining the social and political roots
       of resistance to new knowledge, Mokyr also links growth in
       knowledge to political economy and connects the economic 
       history of technology to the New Institutional Economics. 
       The Gifts of Athena provides crucial insights into a 
       matter of fundamental concern to a range of disciplines 
       including economics, economic history, political economy, 
       the history of technology, and the history of science."--
       Jacket. 
650  0 Technological innovations|xEconomic aspects|xHistory. 
650  0 Economic development|xHistory. 
650  0 Knowledge economy. 
650 00 Kennismaatschappij. 
650 00 Ontstaansgeschiedenis. 
650  7 Economie de la connaissance.|2eclas 
650  7 Histoire économique.|2eclas 
650  7 Croissance économique.|2eclas 
650  7 Economic development.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901785 
650  7 Knowledge economy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01894277 
650  7 Technological innovations|xEconomic aspects.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01145010 
650 07 Informationswirtschaft.|2swd 
650 07 Geschichte.|2swd 
650 07 Technische Innovation.|2swd 
650 07 Wirtschaftsentwicklung.|2swd 
650 07 Geschichte.|0(DE-588)4020517-4|2gnd 
650 07 Informationsgesellschaft.|0(DE-588)4114011-4|2gnd 
650 07 Informationswirtschaft.|0(DE-588)4412411-9|2gnd 
650 07 Politische Ökonomie.|0(DE-588)4115586-5|2gnd 
650 07 Technische Innovation.|0(DE-588)4431027-4|2gnd 
650 07 Wirtschaftsentwicklung.|0(DE-588)4066438-7|2gnd 
650 07 Wirtschaftswachstum.|0(DE-588)4066527-6|2gnd 
650 07 Wissen.|0(DE-588)4066559-8|2gnd 
650 07 Wissenschaftlich-technischer Fortschritt.|0(DE-588)4132508
       -4|2gnd 
650 17 Kennismaatschappij.|2gtt 
650 17 Ontstaansgeschiedenis.|2gtt 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
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