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| Author: | Brunt, L. |
| Title: | Mechanical innovation in the industrial revolution: the case of plough design |
| Journal: | Economic History Review
2003 : AUG, VOL. 56:3, p. 444-477 |
| Index terms: | Agricultural development Innovation Technological change United Kingdom |
| Freeterms: | Industrial revolution |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article reviews the literature on technological change by casting new light on the pattern, causes and consequences of English mechanical innovation. A case study of innovation in plough design during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is offered and a number of questions are asked: 1) Which geographical areas were most innovative, and what were their characteristics? 2) What was the role of infrastructure and local institutions? 3) Who was adopting technologically advanced ploughs? |
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