Favorites of Fortune – Technology, Growth, & Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution: Technology, Growth and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution - Hardcover

Higonnet, Patrice

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 067429520X ISBN 13: 9780674295209

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1991

Synopsis

Theorists have attributed unequal growth rates among nations to political factors or to the unequal distribution of land. In "Favorites of Fortune", a group of international economists and historians pit economic history against the assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last 200 years. These studies approach a common concern with assurance and a variety of techniques, all interrelated, all leaving room for ammendment and contradiction.

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HIGONNET, P. / D. S. LANDES / H. ROSOVSKY, EDS. FAVORITES OF FORTUNE. TECHNOLOGY, GROWTH, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION [HARDBACK]. CAMBRIDGE, MA, 1991, viii 558 p.,. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Review:

A most important book... It contains a conspectus of the variety of work that goes into our studies nowadays: biometrics and cliometrics; theory and a review of theory; broad sweeps of generalizations, detailed research on a micro scale, and international comparison; some sociology; and some institutional politics...A rich offering. -- Sidney Pollard "Journal of Economic History" A stimulating and fascinating volume that should be in the library of anyone interested in economic history or technology.--John Vincent Nye "Journal of Evolutionary Economics " A most important book...[It] contains a conspectus of the variety of work that goes into our studies nowadays: biometrics and cliometrics; theory and a review of theory; broad sweeps of generalizations, detailed research on a micro scale, and international comparison; some sociology; and some institutional politics...A rich offering.--Sidney Pollard "Journal of Economic History "

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 067429520X
• ISBN 13: 9780674295209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 568