Unbound Prometheus Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present

Name: Unbound Prometheus Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present
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ISBN: 9780521534024

ISBN-10: 052153402X

ISBN-13: 9780521534024

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: David S. Landes

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For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this new edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original arguments in the light of current debates about globalisation and comparative economic growth. The book begins with a classic account of the characteristics, progress, and political, economic and social implications of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, France and Germany. Professor Landes here raises the much-debated question: why was Europe the first to industrialise? He then charts the economic history of the twentieth-century: the effect of the First World…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 590
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Preface to the new edition


Preface to the original edition



Introduction



The industrial revolution in Britain



Continental emulation



Closing the gap



Short breath and second wind



The interwar years



Reconstruction and growth since 1945



Conclusion



Epilogue


Index