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The Singularity of Western Innovation : The Language Nexus

By Leonard Dudley

Book information

Year
2017
ISBN
978-1-137-39822-2, 1137398221, 978-1-137-40317-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5246196 bytes)
Pages
0\321
Time added
2017-10-15 16:00:00
Economic theory;Macroeconomics;Economic history;De

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This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three Western states - Britain, France, and the United states. This book argues that Western Europe and its offshoots were the only Eurasian societies able to apply typography cheaply to their writing systems. The emergence in the West of large networks of people able to communicate in standardized languages made possible the breakthroughs of the Industrial Revolution. Military byproducts of three "macro-innovations"- the steam engine, machine tools, and interchangeable parts - then constituted the West's toolbox for empire. The book will appeal to readers seeking to explain how the West attained its unprecedented advance over Asia in the nineteenth century, and why this lead has since proved temporary. Read more... Abstract: This book highlights the contribution of language standardization to the economic rise of the West between 1600 and 1860. Previous studies have been unable to explain why during this period almost all industrial innovation was confined to small areas around the main cultural centers of three Western states - Britain, France, and the United states. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 1-27 Front Matter ....Pages 29-29 1600: The Dynastic Cycle (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 31-57 Printing (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 59-80 Literacy (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 81-97 Language Standardization (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 99-123 Front Matter ....Pages 125-125 1700: Financing the Imperial State (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 127-149 Steam Makes Waves (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 151-165 Machines to Make Machines (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 167-179 Cloning the Industrial Revolution (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 181-192 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 1793: A Geopolitical Watershed (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 195-213 Steamships (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 215-228 Rifled Artillery (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 229-242 Mass-Produced Firearms (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 243-263 Conclusion (Leonard Dudley)....Pages 265-286 Back Matter ....Pages 287-316

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