Women in Medieval English Society or Innovation New Technologies

Women in Medieval English Society

Author: Mavis E Mat

This book presents a concise and accessible introduction to the various issues and debates surrounding women and their position in medieval society. Professor Mate examines the role women played in the economy, clarifies legal provisions for women and highlights the importance of class, as well as gender, in determining marriage and opportunities.

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Mate (medieval history, U. of Oregon) begins her introduction: "More has been written about medieval women in the last fifteen years than in the previous one hundred and fifty." Here she looks at the ways in which historians have seen the position of women in medieval society from the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon period to the end of the 15th century. She focuses on legal rights, women's contribution to the economy, and political and religious power, as well as changes over time, and the existence or non-existence of a "golden age." Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Innovation, New Technologies: Financial Crisis, Corporate Reform and Institutional Transition, Vol. 14

Author: Cristiano Antonelli

This authoritative book from Cristiano Antonelli provides a systematic account of recent advances in the economics of innovation. By integrating this account with the economics of technological change, the book elaborates an understanding of the effects of the introduction of new technologies.
The innovation economics community will appreciate this excellent, comprehensive account, provided by a respected expert, and it is also a book that must be read by all those with an interest in Economic Theory.

Table of Contents:

	List of figures
	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
1	Introduction
Pt. I	The building blocks	1
2	Shifting heuristics in the economics of innovation	3
3	The retrieval of the economics of technological change	38
Pt. II	Innovation and structural change	47
4	Composition effects: the direction of technological change and the context of its introduction	49
5	New technologies and structural change: constraints and inducements to innovation	64
6	Industrial dynamics and technological change	81
7	The dynamics of factors markets and technological change	94
8	Product innovation and barriers to entry	107
9	Relative prices and international competition in the global economy	118
10	Feedbacks, path-dependence and evolution	127
Pt. III	Applications and implications	131
11	Understanding the economics of new information and communication technology in the global economy	133
12	Policy implications: a European perspective	145
13	Conclusions	151
	Notes	167
	Bibliography	172
	Index	185