TY - JOUR
T1 - The industrial revolution and the Netherlands
T2 - Why did it not happen?
AU - Mokyr, J.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Why was the Netherlands not a leader in the first Industrial Revolution (1760-1830) despite its advanced economy in the eighteenth century? This paper argues that the Industrial Revolution in its early stages required a close cooperation between knowledge of nature and its application to technology. The closeness of natural philosophers, engineers, and entrepreneurs was a key to success in Britain. In the Netherlands, a combination of cultural relics from the Golden Age and unfortunate political events after 1780 combined to delay the technological development. As a small, open economy, the country eventually overcame its obstacles and joined modern western industrial progress after 1860.
AB - Why was the Netherlands not a leader in the first Industrial Revolution (1760-1830) despite its advanced economy in the eighteenth century? This paper argues that the Industrial Revolution in its early stages required a close cooperation between knowledge of nature and its application to technology. The closeness of natural philosophers, engineers, and entrepreneurs was a key to success in Britain. In the Netherlands, a combination of cultural relics from the Golden Age and unfortunate political events after 1780 combined to delay the technological development. As a small, open economy, the country eventually overcame its obstacles and joined modern western industrial progress after 1860.
KW - Economic history
KW - Industrial revolution
KW - Technological progress
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033744537&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1004134217178
DO - 10.1023/A:1004134217178
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AN - SCOPUS:0033744537
SN - 0013-063X
VL - 148
SP - 503
EP - 520
JO - De Economist
JF - De Economist
IS - 4
ER -
