Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way? In the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Great Exhibition, the British economy was transformed. Joel Mokyr's landmark history offers a wholly new perspective for understanding B...(展开全部)

Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way? In the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Great Exhibition, the British economy was transformed. Joel Mokyr's landmark history offers a wholly new perspective for understanding B...(展开全部)

This book focuses on the importance of ideological and institutional factors in the rapid development of the British economy during the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Crystal Palace Exhibition. Joel Mokyr shows that we cannot understand the Industrial Revolution without recognizing the importance of the intellectual sea changes of Britain’s Age of Enlightenment. ...(展开全部)

乔尔·莫克尔（Joel Mokyr） 美国西北大学经济学和历史学教授。主要从事技术和人口等领域的经济史研究，曾任经济史学会主席，并主编《牛津经济史百科全书》（Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History）。现为美国艺术与科学院院士。

乔尔·莫克尔（Joel Mokyr） 美国西北大学经济学和历史学教授。主要从事技术和人口等领域的经济史研究，曾任经济史学会主席，并主编《牛津经济史百科全书》（Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History）。现为美国艺术与科学院院士。

This book focuses on the importance of ideological and institutional factors in the rapid development of the British economy during the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Crystal Palace Exhibition. Joel Mokyr shows that we cannot understand the Industrial Revolution without recognizing the importance of the intellectual sea changes of Britain’s Age of Enlightenment. ...(展开全部)

【作者简介】 卡洛•M.奇波拉（Carlo M. Cipolla），意大利著名经济史学家，加州大学伯克利分校经济史学教授，美国艺术与科学学院、美国哲学学会成员，英国皇家历史学会、意大利猞猁之眼国家科学院研究员，著有《两种文化之间》（Between Two Cultures）、《时钟与文化》（Clocks and Culture）等。 【译者简介】 苏世军，北京印刷学院教授、华中工学院（现华中科技大学）英语专业研究生、瑞典北欧公共卫生学院高级访问学者，多年来从事英语和西方文化教学与研究，在国内外发表《历史上最有影响的100人》《爱情的肖像》及“西方编辑出版理论与实务”系列教材等论著、译著、教材、词典20余部。

The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable eco...(展开全部)

Jeremy Rifkin, one of the most popular social thinkers of our time, is the bestselling author of The Empathic Civilization and The Age of Access. Kevin Foley has over thirty years' experience in radio and television broadcasting, commercial voice-overs, and audiobook narration. He has recorded over one hundred and fifty audiobooks.