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The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present.
W. Ashworth,David S. Landes +1 more
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This article is published in The Economic Journal.The article was published on 1970-03-01. It has received 251 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Technological change.read more
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1905, Annus Mirabilis: the Roots of the 20th-Century Revolution in Physics and the Take-off of the Quantum Theory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss Planck's and Einstein's contributions as the fundamental steps in the scientific transformations (the latter with a sharper sense of methodological awareness) that led from the mechanistic and reductionist approach of 19 th century physics to the fulfillment of the formal revolution of quantum mechanics.
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The Impact of Political Participation on Social Policy Adoption and Expansion: A Cross-National, Longitudinal Analysis
TL;DR: The role of politics in national social policy developments has been a frequent subject of comparative policy research as mentioned in this paper, however, empirical attempts to isolate the relative impact of political forces on social policy outcomes, however, have produced contradictory results.
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Technology, Control, and the Social Organization of Work at a British Hardware Firm, 1791-1891
TL;DR: The authors examines the social relations of production at a British metal-trades firm throughout the 19th century and reveals the existence of two distinct political apparatuses, or regimes, identified in provious literature, that govern production relations.
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The anatomy of panic: the impact of naval scares and public opinion in late nineteenth-century Britain
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how public discourses were employed by individuals and interest groups to transform the naval political economy by creating a "blue-water" strategic common sense that would support the creation of oceangoing battle fleets designed to win and maintain "command of the sea".
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The European Miracle Psychological Stages and the Origin of Modern Society
TL;DR: The idea that the rise of modern, industrial society originates in psychological advancements is to find among classic authors of sociology and history such as Comte, Elias and Lamprecht and more recently described by Habermas.