{"product_id":"perspectives-on-technology-paperback-9780521290111","title":"Perspectives on Technology (Paperback) 9780521290111","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePerspectives on Technology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerspectives on Technology consists of papers written by Nathan Rosenberg over a ten-year period, from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNathan Rosenberg (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521290111, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 1976\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePerspectives on Technology consists of papers written by Nathan Rosenberg over a ten-year period, from the early 1960s to the early 1970s. Their origin was in Professor Rosenberg's interest in long-term economic growth processes and, especially, in the behaviour of industrializing societies. The form and direction which this book has taken reflect two basic influences: (1) a growing awareness of the centrality of technological phenomena in generating economic growth, and (2) a growing sense that, in spite of the basic and genuine insights into technological phenomena provided by the neo-classical economics, a deeper and richer understanding of the phenomena can only be achieved by a willingness to step outside the limited intellectual boundaries of this mode of reasoning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Some origins of American technology: 1. Technological change in the machine tool industry, 1840–1910\u003cbr\u003e 2. America's rise to woodworking leadership\u003cbr\u003e 3. Anglo-American wage differences in the 1820's\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The generation of new technologies: 4. Problems in the economist's conceptualization of technological innovation\u003cbr\u003e 5. Neglected dimensions in the analysis of economic change\u003cbr\u003e 6. The direction of technological change: inducement mechanisms and focusing devices\u003cbr\u003e 7. Karl Marx on the economic role of science\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Diffusion and adaptation of technology: 8. Capital goods, technology, and economic growth\u003cbr\u003e 9. Economic development and the transfer of technology: some historical perspectives\u003cbr\u003e 10. Selection and adaptation in the transfer of technology: steam and iron in America 1800–1870\u003cbr\u003e 11. Factors affecting the diffusion of technology\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Natural resources, environment and the growth of knowledge: 12. Technology and the environment: an economic exploration\u003cbr\u003e 13. Technological innovation and natural resources: the niggardliness of nature reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 14. Innovative responses to materials shortages\u003cbr\u003e 15. Science, invention, and economic growth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913114509592,"sku":"9780521290111","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521290111i_c1f0cf71-a08d-4fe5-b2aa-1ef721617528.jpg?v=1691374630","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/perspectives-on-technology-paperback-9780521290111","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}