The Rise and Fall of American Growth, by Robert J. Gordon, argues that economic growth was so strong from the late 19th through much of the 20th century because society was moving through the enormous S-curve created by the Industrial Revolution and the chemical revolution. The products of those revolutions were being applied to the most basic areas of everyday life.
The book ends on a somewhat unhappy note because Gordon doubts that newer technologies can produce comparable improvements. It was written after the Great Recession and before the current AI boom, which makes it interesting to consider whether its pessimistic conclusion still holds.