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Category: Industrialization

July 19, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Energy and the English Industrial Revolution” by E. A. Wrigley

July 13, 2021February 2, 2023 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Knowledge and Competitive Advantage” by Johann Peter Murmann

July 8, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Why Europe Grew Rich and Asia Did Not” by Prasannan Parthasarathi

June 30, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Great Divergence: China, Europe and the Making of the Modern World” by Kenneth Pomeranz

June 29, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Role of Transportation in the Industrial Revolution” by Rick Szostak

June 25, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution” by Jan Luiten van Zanden

June 22, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective” by Robert Allen

June 4, 2021December 2, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “Asia’s Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization” by Alice Amsden

April 30, 2020December 27, 2021 Michael Magoon

Book Summary: “The Enlightened Economy: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1850” by Joel Mokyr

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