We propose a Unified Growth model that analyzes the role of the Scienti fic Revolution in the takeoff to sustained modern economic growth. Basic scientific knowledge is a necessary input in the production of applied knowledge, which, in turn, fuels productivity growth and leads to rising...

From firewood to coal : deforestation and the development of the silk reeling industry in modern Japan / S. Sugiyama and Izumi Yamada -- The government railways and the procurement of railway sleepers in prewar Japan / Asuka Yamaguchi -- The history of ecological environment : ideas derived from...