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The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause (Economics, Cognition, and Society)
The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause - Economics, Cognition, and Society
Author: Julian Lincoln Simon
One of Julian Simon's last works-in-progress--cut short just before completion by his death in early 1998--The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause explores the question of why human progress accelerated in Western Europe starting around 1750. Why did life expectancy, the household consumption level, speeds of travel and communication, the li...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780472110971
ISBN-10: 0472110977
Publication Date: 1/9/2001
Pages: 240
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Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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