{"product_id":"technology-skills-and-the-pre-modern-maarten-prak-9789004245358","title":"Technology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy in the East and the West","description":"\u003ci\u003eTechnology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy\u003c\/i\u003e investigates how technological skills and knowledge were reproduced and disseminated in the advanced agrarian societies of China, India, Russia and Europe in the centuries before the Industrial Revolution. The book offers regional surveys of Europe, China and India, as well as comparative studies of building, porcelain manufacturing, instrument making, printing, and shipbuilding. The authors engage with the on-going debate about the 'great divergence' between Asia and Europe, and its possible causes. Technology has so far had a minor role in that debate. This book is bound to change that, through the bold claims made by various contributors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors are: Karel Davids, S.R. Epstein +, Gijs Kessler, Jan Lucassen, Christine Moll-Murata, Patrick O'Brien, Kenneth Pomeranz, Maarten Prak, Tirthankar Roy, Richard Unger, and Jan Luiten van Zanden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maarten Prak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004245359\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004245358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Maarten Prak","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520656883967,"sku":"9789004245358","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17dff904-ee84-467d-9e67-5d4b6d1925de.jpg?v=1762886380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/technology-skills-and-the-pre-modern-maarten-prak-9789004245358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}