Perspectives on Technology

Name: Perspectives on Technology
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ISBN: 9780521290111

ISBN-10: 0521290112

ISBN-13: 9780521290111

Edition: 1976

Authors: Nathan Rosenberg

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Perspectives on Technology consists of papers written by Nathan Rosenberg over a ten-year period, from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.

Book details

List price: $50.99
Copyright year: 1976
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/30/1976
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English




Some origins of American technology



Technological change in the machine tool industry, 1840-1910



America's rise to woodworking leadership



Anglo-American wage differences in the 1820's



The generation of new technologies



Problems in the economist's conceptualization of technological innovation



Neglected dimensions in the analysis of economic change



The direction of technological change: inducement mechanisms and focusing devices



Karl Marx on the economic role of science



Diffusion and adaptation of technology



Capital goods, technology, and economic growth



Economic development and the transfer of technology: some historical perspectives



Selection and adaptation in the transfer of technology: steam and iron in America 1800-1870



Factors affecting the diffusion of technology



Natural resources, environment and the growth of knowledge



Technology and the environment: an economic exploration



Technological innovation and natural resources: the niggardliness of nature reconsidered



Innovative responses to materials shortages



Science, invention, and economic growth