The Rise of Empires The Political Economy of Innovation /

• Main Author: Ramesh, Sangaralingam (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Economic history.; Economic growth.; Economic Policy.; Economy-wide Country Studies.; Economic Growth.; Economic History.; R & D/Technology Policy.

This book describes and evaluates how institutional innovation and technological innovation have impacted on humanity from pre-historical times to modern times, and how societies have been transformed in history. The author interrogates the relationship between innovation and civilisation -- particu...