Technology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy in the East and the West
| Year of publication: |
2013
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| Authors: | Prak, Maarten |
| Other Persons: | Zanden, Jan Luiten van (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Leiden : BRILL |
| Subject: | Westliche Staaten | Western countries | Technischer Fortschritt | Technological change |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [gbv.de] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource () |
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| Series: | Global Economic History Ser. ; v.10 Global economics history series ; volume 10 |
| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; LIST OF TABLES, FIGURES AND ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN CAPITAL FORMATION IN THE EAST AND WEST BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION; Maarten Prak and Jan Luiten van Zanden; Global History and Technology; Technology, Skills, and Science; Collective Invention; Technological Leadership and Clustering; Human Capital Formation; Circulation of Knowledge; Organisation of Labour; Comparative History and the Great Divergence; Conclusion; PART ONE; REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER ONE TRANSFERRING TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATING IN EUROPE, C.1200-C.1800Stephan R. Epstein; Introduction; Acquiring Experiential Knowledge; Collective Knowledge and Technical Heuristics; Knowledge Sharing; Predictability, Codification and Innovation; Drawings and Models as Heuristic Devices; Experimentation; Spatial Transfer of Technical Knowledge; Texts and Patents; Transferring Skilled Technicians: When and Why Did Craft Guilds Oppose Technical Innovation?; Transferring Skilled Technicians: How Did It Work?; Conclusions; CHAPTER TWO; APPRENTICESHIP AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA, 1600-1930 Tirthankar RoyCraft Culture in Early Modern India; Craft Culture and Apprenticeship in Colonial India; Apprenticeship and Modern Industry; Conclusion; CHAPTER THREE; SKILLS, 'GUILDS', AND DEVELOPMENT: ASKING EPSTEIN'S QUESTIONS TO EAST ASIAN INSTITUTIONS; Kenneth Pomeranz; Introduction; The Rise of Guilds in Late Imperial China: Trade-based and Native Place-based Organisations; Guild Functions, Economic and Otherwise; City and Countryside; Skill Formation and Technological Creativity; Did Guilds Obstruct Technical Learning?; Migration and Skill Diffusion in More Recent Times Skill Acquisition in Rural IndustriesJapan; Conclusion; PART TWO; INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER FOUR; MEGA-STRUCTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES: THE CONSTRUCTION OF RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN EUROPE AND ASIA, C.1000-1500*; Maarten Prak; Introduction; Church Building; The Workforce; Knowledge; Apprenticeship and Other Sources of Information; Conclusions; CHAPTER FIVE; THE TECHNOLOGY AND TEACHING OF SHIPBUILDING 1300-1800; Richard W. Unger; Introduction; Developments in Ship Design; East and West: Cross-fertilization of Techniques; Creation and Transfer of Knowledge Transferring Knowledge with the Written WordDisincentives for Technical Advance: Guilds and Market Structure; Incentives for Technical Advance: Guilds, Profits and Training; Conclusions; CHAPTER SIX; MOVING MACHINE-MAKERS: CIRCULATION OF KNOWLEDGE ON MACHINE-BUILDING IN CHINA AND EUROPE BETWEEN C. 1400 AND THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY; Karel Davids; Introduction; Circulation of Knowledge on Machine-making in China, Late Fourteenth - Early Nineteenth Centuries; Circulation of Knowledge on Machine-making in Europe, Late Fourteenth - Early Nineteenth Centuries Conclusion: Comparative Perspectives on the Circulation of Knowledge in China and Europe |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-24535-8 ; 978-90-04-25157-1 ; 978-90-04-24535-8 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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