The Rise of Empires The Political Economy of Innovation /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ramesh, Sangaralingam (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: 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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Theory of Innovation and Causal Dynamics
• 3. Pre-History - Emergence & Palaeolithic to Bronze Age (10,000BC to 800BC)
• 4. The Babylonian Empire (1900BC to 539BC)
• 5. Ancient Greece (1100BC to 30BC)
• 6. The Roman Empire (443BC to 395AD)
• 7. The Chola Dynasty (350BC to 1279AD)
• 8. The Han Dynasty (206BC - 220AD) and The Song Dynasty (960AD to 1279AD)
• 9. The Mongol Empire (1206AD to 1368AD)
• 10. The British Empire (1603AD to 1997AD)
• 11. Conclusion.