The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History

by Douglass C. North, Robert Paul Thomas

Overview

First published in 1973, this is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700, providing a general theoretical framework for institutional change geared to the general reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521290999
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/30/1976
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 8.94(h) x 0.47(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Theory and Overview: 1. The issue; 2. The overview; Part II. 900–1500: 3. Property rights in land and man; 4. Economic conditions at the end of the Early Middle Ages; 5. The High Middle Ages: a fronier movement; 6. Thirteenth-century Europe; 7. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries; Part III. 1500–1700: 8. Fiscal policy and property rights; 9. The Early Modern period; 10. France and Spain - the also-rans; 11. The Netherlands and successful economic growth; 12. England; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.