The Technological Interpretation of History

Alvin H. Hansen

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1921, vol. 36, issue 1, 72-83

Abstract: I. Marx's view of history is technological not economic. — II. The social process according to Marx, 75. — III. Technological changes, the class struggle and human adjustments to environment, 75. — IV. Forces lying back of technological evolution, according to Marx and Engels: extension of markets, development of science, cosmic evolution, 78. — V. The Marxian view against the background of fundamental factors and forces, 80. — VI. Criticism of the Marxian theory, 82. — VII. Conclusion, 83.

Date: 1921
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