Inventing the Industrial Revolution - The English Patent System, 1660-1800

Klappentext This book examines the development of the English patent system and its relationship with technical change between 1660 and 1800. Zusammenfassung This book examines the development of the English patent system and its relationship with technical change during the period between 1660 and 1800! when the patent system evolved from an instrument of royal patronage into one of commercial competition among the inventors and manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Notes on style; Introduction; 1. Patents 1550-1660: law, policy and controversy; 2. The later-Stuart patent grant - an instrument of policy?; 3. The development of the patent system, 1660-1800; 4. The judiciary and the enforcement of patent rights; 5. The decision to patent; 6. Invention outside the patent system; 7. Patents in a capitalist economy; 8. The long-term rise in patents; 9. The goals of invention; 10. Patents: criticisms and alternatives; 11. A new concept of invention; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Christine MacLeod, MacLeod Christine
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521893992
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89399-2
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 230 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; England, European History, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800