國立虎尾科技大學 |

The singularity of western innovation = the language nexus /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The singularity of western innovation/ by Leonard Dudley.
Reminder of title:	the language nexus /
Author:	Dudley, Leonard.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US : : 2017.,
Description:	xix, 316 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Standard language. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39822-2
ISBN:	9781137398222

The singularity of western innovation = the language nexus /
Dudley, Leonard.

The singularity of western innovationthe language nexus /[electronic resource] :by Leonard Dudley. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2017. - xix, 316 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781137398222

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-39822-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

563113
Standard language.

LC Class. No.: P368

Dewey Class. No.: 410

The singularity of western innovation = the language nexus /
LDR:01912nam a2200301 a 4500 001 923557
003 DE-He213
005 20180314100713.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 190625s2017 nyu s 0 eng d
020 $a 9781137398222 $q (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9781137403179 $q (paper)
024 7 $a 10.1057/978-1-137-39822-2 $2 doi
035 $a 978-1-137-39822-2
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a P368
072 7 $a KCZ $2 bicssc
072 7 $a BUS023000 $2 bisacsh
082 0 4 $a 410 $2 23
090 $a P368 $b .D848 2017
100 1 $a Dudley, Leonard. $3 1199931
245 1 4 $a The singularity of western innovation $h [electronic resource] : $b the language nexus / $c by Leonard Dudley.
260 $a New York : $b Palgrave Macmillan US : $b Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2017.
300 $a xix, 316 p. : $b ill., digital ; $c 24 cm.
520 $a 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.
650 0 $a Standard language. $3 563113
650 0 $a Industrial revolution. $3 1155731
650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Technological innovations. $3 1199932
650 1 4 $a Economics. $3 555568
650 2 4 $a Economic History. $3 1105079
650 2 4 $a Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. $3 881674
650 2 4 $a Development Economics. $3 669178
650 2 4 $a Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods. $3 1069071
650 2 4 $a Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics/Financial Economics. $3 1102417
650 2 4 $a Economic Growth. $3 669184
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 593884
773 0 $t Springer eBooks
856 4 0 $u http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39822-2
950 $a Economics and Finance (Springer-41170)