@article{856553,
      recid = {856553},
      author = {Ramesh, Sangaralingam,},
      title = {Rise of empires : the political economy of innovation /},
      pages = {1 online resource (333 pages)},
      abstract = {This book describes and evaluates how institutional  innovation and technological innovation have impacted on  humanity from pre-historical times to modern times, and how  societies have been transformed in history. The author  interrogates the relationship between innovation and  civilisation -- particularly the dynamic whereby innovation  leads to empire-building -- and explores innovation efforts  that stimulated economic and social synergies from the  Babylonian Empire in 1900 BC up to the British Empire in  the twentieth century. The author uses historical  cross-cultural case studies to establish the factors which  have given competitive advantages to societies and empires.  This book will be of interest to researchers and students  in political economy, economic history, economic growth and  innovation economics.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/856553},
}