You might be interested in the book "The most Powerful Idea in the World" by William Rosen. It's common to point to technological advancements such as steam wh

You might be interested in the book "The most Powerful Idea in the World" by William Rosen. It's common to point to technological advancements such as steam which gave way to the Industrial Revolution, that Britain had coal etc. And that's definitely important because steam powered factories which was a major change from household/hand/craft businesses. In truth there were many contributing factors. But why Britain? Why was this the place where all these inventions were being made? Some historians get very creative in additional reasons for how this era came to be. Rosen makes the really interesting claim that it was the idea of intellectual property that triggered all the inventing-- that man could own an idea and make money from it!