Bibframe Work

Title

The first knowledge economy

Type

Text

Monograph

Contribution

Jacob, Margaret C., 1943- (Contributor)

Subject

Industrialization--Europe--History (LCSH)

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Europe--History (LCSH)

Economic development--Europe--History (LCSH)

HISTORY / Europe / General (BISACSH)

Language

English (eng)

Illustrative Content

Illustrations

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Geographic Coverage

Europe

Classification

LCC: HC240 .J335 2014 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

DDC: 330.94/0253 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)

HIS010000 (Source: bisacsh)

Content

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Summary

"Ever since the Industrial Revolution debate has raged about the sources of the new, sustained western prosperity. Margaret Jacob here argues persuasively for the critical importance of knowledge in breaking the Malthusian trap during the period from 1750 to 1850, first in Britain and then in selected parts of northern and western Europe. This is a new history of economic development in which minds, books, lectures and education become central. She shows how, armed with knowledge and know-how and inspired by the desire to get rich, entrepreneurs emerged within an industrial culture wedded to scientific knowledge and technology. She charts how, across a series of industries and nations, innovative engineers and entrepreneurs sought to make sense and a profit out of the world around them. Skilled hands matched minds steeped in the knowledge systems new to the eighteenth century to transform the economic destiny of western Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

"Knowledge and Industrial Development: The Stakes By "the first knowledge economy" we refer to the era of the Industrial Revolution, from roughly the 1760s to the 1850s, first in Britain and then in selected parts of northern and western Europe, with particular attention to Belgium"-- Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: knowledge and industrial development: the stakes; 1. A portrait of early industrial lives: the Watts and Boultons, science and entrepreneurship; 2. The knowledge economy and coal: how technological change happened; 3. Technical knowledge and making cotton king; 4. Textiles in Leeds: Mechanical science on the factory floor; 5. The puzzle of French retardation: reform and its antecedents; 6. The puzzle of French retardation: restoration and reaction; 7. Education and the inculcation of industrial knowledge: the Low Countries, 1750-1830

Authorized Access Point

Jacob, Margaret C., 1943- The first knowledge economy

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Date: 2013-06-07

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