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A culture of growth : the origins of the modern economy / Joel Mokyr

By: Series: The Graz Schumpeter lecturesPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017Description: xiv, 403 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691168883 (hbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 MOK
Contents:
Part I: Evolution, Culture, and Economic History Chapter 1: Culture and Economics- Chapter 2: Nature and Technology- Chapter 3: Cultural Evolution and Economics- Chapter 4: Choice-based Cultural Evolution- Chapter 5: Biases in Cultural Evolution- Part II: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Economic Change, 1500-1700- Chapter 6: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Choice-based Cultural Evolution- Chapter 7: Francis Bacon, Cultural Entrepreneur- Chapter 8: Isaac Newton, Cultural Entrepreneur- Part III: Innovation, Competition, and Pluralism in Europe, 1500-1700- Chapter 9: Cultural Choice in Action: Human Capital and Religion- Chapter 10: Cultural Change and the Growth of Useful Knowledge, 1500-1700- Chapter 11: Fragmentation, Competition, and Cultural Change - Chapter 12: Competition and the Republic of Letters - Part IV: Prelude to the Enlightenment- Chapter 13: Puritanism and British Exceptionalism- Chapter 14: A Culture of Progress- Chapter 15: The Enlightenment and Economic Change- Part V: Cultural Change in the East and West- Chapter 16: China and Europe- Chapter 17: China and the Enlightenment- References- Index.
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Part I: Evolution, Culture, and Economic History
Chapter 1: Culture and Economics-
Chapter 2: Nature and Technology-
Chapter 3: Cultural Evolution and Economics-
Chapter 4: Choice-based Cultural Evolution-
Chapter 5: Biases in Cultural Evolution-
Part II: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Economic Change, 1500-1700-
Chapter 6: Cultural Entrepreneurs and Choice-based Cultural Evolution-
Chapter 7: Francis Bacon, Cultural Entrepreneur-
Chapter 8: Isaac Newton, Cultural Entrepreneur-
Part III: Innovation, Competition, and Pluralism in Europe, 1500-1700-
Chapter 9: Cultural Choice in Action: Human Capital and Religion-
Chapter 10: Cultural Change and the Growth of Useful Knowledge, 1500-1700-
Chapter 11: Fragmentation, Competition, and Cultural Change -
Chapter 12: Competition and the Republic of Letters -
Part IV: Prelude to the Enlightenment-
Chapter 13: Puritanism and British Exceptionalism-
Chapter 14: A Culture of Progress-
Chapter 15: The Enlightenment and Economic Change-
Part V: Cultural Change in the East and West-
Chapter 16: China and Europe-
Chapter 17: China and the Enlightenment-
References-
Index.