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The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States
Roger Hargreaves
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Paperback. Talks about the knowledge industry in the US. Evaluating everything from stationery to presidential addresses, the author points out that the proportion of the labor force involved in the knowledge economy has increased from 11 to 32 percent between 1900 and 1959. He also founded the field of information economics. Num Pages: 436 pages, tabs.n.e. BIC Classification: KCA; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 657.
The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States marked the beginning of the study of our postindustrial information society. Austrian-born economist Fritz Machlup had focused his research on the patent system, but he came to realize that patents were simply one part of a much bigger "knowledge economy." He then expanded the scope of his work to evaluate everything from stationery and typewriters to advertising to presidential addresses--anything that involved the activity of telling anyone anything. The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States then revealed the new and startling shape of the U.S. economy. Machlup's ... Read more
The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States marked the beginning of the study of our postindustrial information society. Austrian-born economist Fritz Machlup had focused his research on the patent system, but he came to realize that patents were simply one part of a much bigger "knowledge economy." He then expanded the scope of his work to evaluate everything from stationery and typewriters to advertising to presidential addresses--anything that involved the activity of telling anyone anything. The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States then revealed the new and startling shape of the U.S. economy. Machlup's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691003566
SKU
V9780691003566
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