LEADER 05782nam 22007575 450 001 9910151647503321 005 20221021221752.0 010 $a9780691251677 010 $a0691251673 010 $a9780691180960 010 $a0691180962 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400882915 035 $a(CKB)3710000000902875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4729402 035 $a(OCoLC)1013723754 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65901 035 $a(DE-B1597)477780 035 $a(OCoLC)979584473 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400882915 035 $a(PPN)201992825 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)88852689 035 $a(Perlego)739603 035 $a(FRCYB88852689)88852689 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000902875 100 $a20190708d2016 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Culture of Growth $eThe Origins of the Modern Economy /$fJoel Mokyr 210 1$aPrinceton, NJ :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (418 pages) 225 0 $aThe Graz Schumpeter lectures 300 $a"The Graz Schumpeter Lectures." 311 08$a9780691168883 311 08$a0691168881 311 08$a9781400882915 311 08$a1400882915 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 343-379) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface --$tPart I. Evolution, Culture, and Economic History --$tChapter 1. Culture and Economics --$tChapter 2. Nature and Technology --$tChapter 3. Cultural Evolution and Economics --$tChapter 4. Choice-based Cultural Evolution --$tChapter 5. Biases in Cultural Evolution --$tPart II. Cultural Entrepreneurs and Economic Change, 1500-1700 --$tChapter 6. Cultural Entrepreneurs and Choice-based Cultural Evolution --$tChapter 7. Francis Bacon, Cultural Entrepreneur --$tChapter 8. Isaac Newton, Cultural Entrepreneur --$tPart III. Innovation, Competition, and Pluralism in Europe, 1500-1700 --$tChapter 9. Cultural Choice in Action: Human Capital and Religion --$tChapter 10. Cultural Change and the Growth of Useful Knowledge, 1500-1700 --$tChapter 11. Fragmentation, Competition, and Cultural Change --$tChapter 12. Competition and the Republic of Letters --$tPart IV. Prelude to the Enlightenment --$tChapter 13. Puritanism and British Exceptionalism --$tChapter 14. A Culture of Progress --$tChapter 15. The Enlightenment and Economic Change --$tPart V. Cultural Change in the East and West --$tChapter 16. China and Europe --$tChapter 17. China and the Enlightenment --$tEpilogue. Useful Knowledge and Economic Growth --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aWhy Enlightenment culture sparked the Industrial RevolutionDuring the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue, leading to today's unprecedented prosperity? In this groundbreaking book, celebrated economic historian Joel Mokyr argues that a culture of growth specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would instigate explosive technological and economic development. Bringing together economics, the history of science and technology, and models of cultural evolution, Mokyr demonstrates that culture-the beliefs, values, and preferences in society that are capable of changing behavior-was a deciding factor in societal transformations.Mokyr looks at the period 1500-1700 to show that a politically fragmented Europe fostered a competitive "market for ideas" and a willingness to investigate the secrets of nature. At the same time, a transnational community of brilliant thinkers known as the "Republic of Letters" freely circulated and distributed ideas and writings. This political fragmentation and the supportive intellectual environment explain how the Industrial Revolution happened in Europe but not China, despite similar levels of technology and intellectual activity. In Europe, heterodox and creative thinkers could find sanctuary in other countries and spread their thinking across borders. In contrast, China's version of the Enlightenment remained controlled by the ruling elite.Combining ideas from economics and cultural evolution, A Culture of Growth provides startling reasons for why the foundations of our modern economy were laid in the mere two centuries between Columbus and Newton. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / General$2bisacsh 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General$2bisacsh 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions$2bisacsh 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development$2bisacsh 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History$2bisacsh 606 $aEconomic history 606 $aEconomic development 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / General. 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General. 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic Conditions. 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development. 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. 615 0$aEconomic history. 615 0$aEconomic development. 676 $a330 686 $aBUS023000$aBUS068000$aBUS022000$aBUS069000$aHIS010000$2bisacsh 700 $aMokyr$b Joel$0129193 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151647503321 996 $aA Culture of Growth$92867268 997 $aUNINA