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The Unbound Prometheus
The Unbound Prometheus: Technological Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to the Present | David S. Landes
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For over thirty years David S. Landes's The Unbound Prometheus has offered an unrivalled history of industrial revolution and economic development in Europe. Now, in this updated edition, the author reframes and reasserts his original (…more)
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Of chemical improvements proper, we may note the invention and perfection of wood-pulp paper from about 1855 (there are bibliophiles and scholars who would not accept this as an advance)...