The Singularity of Western Innovation The Language Nexus /

• Main Author: Dudley, Leonard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Economic theory.; Macroeconomics.; Economic history.; Development economics.; Economic growth.; Economic sociology.; Economics.; Economic History.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Development Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Economic Growth.

This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three Western...