Knowledge : its creation, distribution, and economic significance. Volume 1, Knowledge and knowledge production / by Fritz Machlup.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Machlup, Fritz, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; Volume I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning and scholarship--United States.

Learning and scholarship.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With this first of eight volumes, the eminent economist Fritz Machlup launches his monumental inquiry into the production of knowledge as an economic activity. Volume I presents the conceptual framework for this inquiry and falls into three parts: Types of Knowledge, Qualities of Knowledge, and Knowledge as a Product.Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Analytical Table Of Contents

Preface

The Story Of This Work

1. Introduction

Part One: Types Of Knowledge

2. The Known and the Knowing

3. Mundane, Scientific, Humanistic, Artistic, and Other Classes of Knowledge

4. Alternative Classifications of Knowledge

Part Two. Qualities of Knowledge

5. Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

6 Other Standards of Quality

7 Notions of Negative Knowledge

Part Three. Knowledge as a Product

8. Choosers And Users Of Knowledge

9. Stocks And Flows Of Knowledge

10. The Economic Cost of Knowledge

11. Transmission and Reception

12. Consumption, Investment, Intermediate Product

13. Uses, Value, and Benefits of Knowledge

14. Knowledge Industries and Knowledge Occupations

List Of Pages With Lines Of Text Retained From The 1962 Volume

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400856008

1400856000

9780691615554

0691615551

OCLC:

884013418