Write an Overview of Mokyr and Hobsbawm.

Reading: Industrial Revolution – Overview of Mokyr and Hobsbawm Historian Highlight: A Culture of Growth by Joel Mokry A Culture of Growth | Princeton University Press Mokyr argues that the cultural foundations for modern growth were lain between 1500 and 1700. He believed that economic growth cannot be sustained without technological creativity, which is derived from philosophical innovation. Moykr believed that institutions are often at the heart of cultural change and innovation. However, the process is also choice-based, which means that it can be prone to bias He states that there is no doubt that the Industrial Revolution began in the West, but some scholars try to avoid the cultural aspects of its origin because of connotations of supremacy; however, they are intricately connected. An online copy of Mokyr’s book is available in the GHC library. Book Two: Industry and Empire by Eric Hobsbawm Industry and empire : from 1750 to the present day : Hobsbawm, E. J. (Eric J.), 1917-2012 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Eric Hobsbawm was born in 1917 in Egypt to a Jewish merchant. He was a fellow of King’s College from 1949 to 1955, and he served as a professor of economic and social history at Birkbeck College, University of London from 1970 to 1982. Hobsbawm was a lifelong Marxist, which influenced the inertia of his work. In spite of this, it might surprise you that the book above does not reflect traditional Marxist views. He argues that Britain was a prosperous nation in 1750; even the peasantry lived well in spite of a few bad harvests which resulted in rioting. Read the introduction and chapters 1-2 of Hobsbawm’s book online here. Instructions For this assignment, please review one of the books included in this week’s reading list. Your review should offer the following information: 1. Citation: (provide proper APA citation using the Online Writing Center citation guide) For book reviews, the citation should appear at the top of the first body page. No reference list is required. However, you will still need a title page. We will discuss this in class. 2. Author’s Credentials: degree information, other publications, areas of expertise 3. Research Questions: List the major research questions raised by the author. Typically, these are found in an introduction or even jacket cover. However, each chapter might raise an important question. Provide at least two major research questions raised by the author. 4. Methodology: Briefly explain the main research methods and tools the author used to answer his research questions. It is best to classify these according to both research categories (political, economic, religious, gender, intellectual, military, etc. etc.) and/or subfields. Again, we will talk more about this in class. 5. Key Conclusions: List, describe, and evaluate the main conclusions the author draws to answer the main research questions. 6. Evidence: What evidence does the author use to prove his point? Primary sources or collections upon which the key conclusions rest? Secondary research? The same source(s) may be used to answer multiple research questions. Consult the author’s footnotes and bibliographies as necessary. 7. Uniqueness: How does this book or article differ from established interpretations or how does the author bring new ways of understanding the topic?

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