Technology and Industrial Progress: The Foundations of Economic Growth

566 Pages·1995·20.074 MB·English

by  G. N. Von Tunzelmann, G.N. Von Tunzelmann

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Technology and Industrial Progress
To my parents
and my sisters
Technology and
Industrial Progress
The Foundations of Economic Growth
G.N. von Tunzelmann
Reader in the Economics of Science and Technology
Science Policy Research Unit
University of Sussex
Edward Elgar
Aldershot, UK - Brookfield, US
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Tunzelmann, G.N. Von
Technology and Industrial Progress:
Foundations of Economic Growth
I. Title
338.064
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Von Tunzelmann, G.N.
Technology and industrial progress: the foundations of economic
growth / G.N. von Tunzelmann.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Economic growth. 2. Technological innovations—Economic
aspects. 3. Industrialization. I. Title.
HD82.V62 1995
338’.064—dc20 95-10745
CIP
ISBN 1 85898 174 3
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