The gifts of Athena : historical origins of the knowledge economy /
Mokyr, Joel.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
2005, c2002.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-338) and index.
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.
Technological innovations
Economic development