The Industrial Revolution on the Continent
Title | The Industrial Revolution on the Continent PDF eBook |
Author | W. O. Henderson |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780415382021 |
"Industrial Revolution on the Continent" was first published in 1961.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa
Title | The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonisation of Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Everisto Benyera |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2021-04-29 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1000396762 |
This book argues that the fourth industrial revolution, the process of accelerated automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices via digital technology, will serve to further marginalise Africa within the international community. In this book, the author argues that the looting of Africa that started with human capital and then natural resources, now continues unabated via data and digital resources looting. Developing on the notion of "Coloniality of Data", the fourth industrial revolution is postulated as the final phase which will conclude Africa’s peregrination towards recolonisation. Global cartels, networks of coloniality, and tech multinational corporations have turned big data into capital, which is largely unregulated or poorly regulated in Africa as the continent lacks the strong institutions necessary to regulate the mining of data. Written from a decolonial perspective, this book employs three analytical pillars of coloniality of power, knowledge and being. Highlighting the crippling continuation of asymmetrical global power relations, this book will be an important read for researchers of African studies, politics and international political economy. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003157731, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
Title | The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective PDF eBook |
Author | Robert C. Allen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 13 |
Release | 2009-04-09 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521868270 |
Why did the industrial revolution take place in 18th century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Title | Africa and the Fourth Industrial Revolution PDF eBook |
Author | Everisto Benyera |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2021-11-09 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3030875245 |
This book examines the epistemological, political, and socio-economic consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for Africa. Presenting various case studies on epistemic freedom, theology, race and robotics, tertiary education, political and economic transformation, human capital, and governance, it debates whether the 4IR will be part of the solution to the African problem, namely that of coloniality in its various forms. Solving the African problem using the 4IR requires ethical, just and epistemologically independent leadership. However, the lack of ICT infrastructure militates against Africa’s endeavours to make the 4IR a problem-solving moment. To its credit, Africa possesses some of the major capital needed (human, mineral, and social), and it constitutes a huge market comprising a young population eager to participate in the 4IR as problem-solvers and not as a problem to be solved—as equal citizens and not as the marginalized other.
Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850
Title | Why Europe? The Rise of the West in World History 1500-1850 PDF eBook |
Author | Jack A. Goldstone |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Higher Education |
Pages | 196 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Explores one of the biggest questions of historical debate: how among Eurasia's interconnected centers of power, it was Europe that came to dominate much of the world.
Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction
Title | Global Economic History: A Very Short Introduction PDF eBook |
Author | Robert C. Allen |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2011-09-15 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 019162053X |
Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations by pursuing four polices-creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs and investing in transportation, erecting an external tariff to protect their fledgling industries from British competition, banks to stabilize the currency and mobilize domestic savings for investment, and mass education to prepare people for industrial work. Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer. Before the Industrial Revolution, most of the world's manufacturing was done in Asia, but industries from Casablanca to Canton were destroyed by western competition in the nineteenth century, and Asia was transformed into 'underdeveloped countries' specializing in agriculture. The spread of economic development has been slow since modern technology was invented to fit the needs of rich countries and is ill adapted to the economic and geographical conditions of poor countries. A few countries - Japan, Soviet Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and perhaps China - have, nonetheless, caught up with the West through creative responses to the technological challenge and with Big Push industrialization that has achieved rapid growth through investment coordination. Whether other countries can emulate the success of East Asia is a challenge for the future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Industrial Revolution on the Continent
Title | Industrial Revolution on the Continent PDF eBook |
Author | W.O. Henderson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2013-11-05 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1136609180 |
This book was first published in 1961.