Main entry:

Landes, David S.

Title & Author:

The unbound Prometheus: technological change and industrial development in Western Europe from 1750 to the present [by] David S. Landes.

Publication:

London, Cambridge U.P., 1969.

Description:

ix, 566 pages 23 cm

Notes:
"Chapters 2-5 and the Conclusion are revised versions of material first published in chapter 5 of The Cambridge economic history of Europe, volume 6, part 1."
Includes bibliographical references.
The industrial revolution in Britain -- Continental emulation -- Closing the gap -- Short breath and second wind -- The interwar years -- Reconstruction and growth since 1945.
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Summary:

This study first appeared as a chapter in volume VI of the Cambridge Economic History of Europe. The author has now extended it by adding a full-scale analysis of modern industrial Europe from the First World War to the 1960s. In the introduction, he discusses the characteristics, progress, and political, economic and social implications of the Industrial Revolution in Britain, France and Germany. He raises the general question: why was Europe the first to industrialize? His section on the inter-war years covers the effect of the First World War in accelerating the dissolution of the old international economy, the reasons for monetary instability and the consequences of monetary difficulties for the economic history of Europe. In particular he discusses the causes of the economic crisis of 1929-1932, the reasons for its severity and quasi-universality and for Britain's early and sustained recovery. An important theme is the impediments posed by generalized international egoism to the efficiency and growth of the European economies. In the final chapter on the economic recovery of Western Europe after the Second World War, he examines the forces which have operated since the early 1950s to give Western Europe a period of unprecedented economic growth. He raises the vital question: is this recent boom a temporary phenomenon or the first stage in a new trend of more rapid growth, reflecting an acceleration in technological advance?

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ISBN:

052107200X
9780521072007
0521094186
9780521094184

Subject:

Industries Europe History.
Industries Europe, Western History.
Technological innovations Economic aspects Europe, Western History.
Technology Europe, Western History.
Industrie Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Développement économique Effets des innovations sur Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Innovations Aspect économique Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Technologie Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Technological innovations Economic aspects
Economic history
Industries
Technische vernieuwing.
Industriële ontwikkeling.
Technological innovations History.
Industries History.
Société industrielle.
Technique Europe de l'Ouest Histoire.
Industrie Europe de l'Ouest.
Industrie Histoire.
Europe Economic conditions.
Europe, Western Economic conditions.
Europe de l'Ouest Conditions économiques.
Europe Conditions économiques.
Western Europe
Europe
Europe Industries History.

Form/genre:

Festschriften
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 144113
Call No.: PO3590; ID:87-B10596
Status: Available