1. THE GENESIS OF 'USEFUL KNOWLEDGE'.
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Berg, Maxine
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KNOWLEDGE management , *INDUSTRIAL revolution , *INDUSTRIALIZATION , *SKILLED labor - Abstract
The article focuses on the contribution of useful knowledge on the start of industrial revolution in Europe. The book "The gifts of Athena," by Joel Mokyr suggests that useful knowledge provides treatment of industrialization, consumption, and the rise of the new global history in the West. The author stated that useful knowledge acquired by skilled workers stimulated the growth of the crucial intermediate goods industries.
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- 2007
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