The Rise of the Western World
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
Douglass C. North
Robert Paul Thomas
Robert Paul Thomas
September 1976
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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.
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September 1976Paperback
9780521290999
180 pages
227 × 151 × 12 mm
0.26kg
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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.
