A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy
About this book
During the late eighteenth century, innovations in Europe triggered the Industrial Revolution and the sustained economic progress that spread across the globe. While much has been made of the details of the Industrial Revolution, what remains a mystery is why it took place at all. Why did this revolution begin in the West and not elsewhere, and why did it continue? In this groundbreaking book, one of the world's most celebrated economic historians argues that it was a culture of growth, specific to early modern Europe and the European Enlightenment, that laid the foundations for the scientific advances and pioneering inventions that would bring about explosive technological and economic development. A Culture of Growth is a masterful, authoritative, and surprising account of the very foundations of the modern economy.