The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States

by Fritz Machlup

Book Overview

The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States marked the beginning of the study of our postindustrial information society. Austrian-born economist Fritz Machlup had focused his research on the patent system, but he came to realize that patents were simply one part of a much bigger "knowledge economy." He then expanded the scope of his work to evaluate everything from stationery and typewriters to advertising to presidential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691003564
• ISBN13: 9780691003566
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"