A novel theory of how technological revolutions affect the rise and fall of great powers When scholars and policymakers consider how technological advances affect the rise and fall of great powers, they draw on theories that center the moment of innovation the eureka moment that sparks astonishing technological feats. In this book, Jeffrey Ding offers a different explanation of how technological revolutions affect competition among great powers. Rather than focusing on which state first introduced major innovations, he investigates why some states were more successful than others at adapting and embracing new technologies at scale. Drawing on historical case studies of past industrial revolutions as well as statistical analysis, Ding develops a theory that emphasizes institutional adaptations oriented around diffusing technological advances throughout the entire economy.Examining Britain s rise to preeminence in the First Industrial Revolution, America and Germany s overtaking of Britain in the Second

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Professor Sanders provides a full analysis of the textualproblem and theories of transmission of Othello, and offerspossible solutions to the stylistic and racial problems which facemodern readers and spectators. His edition includes contemporarymaps of Venice and Cyprus, photographs of famous actors who haveplayed the leading roles, and reconstructions of staging at theGlobe and Blackfriars Theatres. For this updated edition, ScottMcMillin has added a new section on the key events in bothscholarship and theatre since the 1980s, including political,feminist and postcolonial treatments in various parts of the world.The influence of new historicism and cultural materialism are alsotaken into account, and a de*ion of performances of the playon stage, film and television tackles the issue of black/whitecasting of the main characters.