The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History

by Douglass C. North , Robert Paul Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780521290999
• ISBN10: 0521290996
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1976-07-30
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

In some respects this is intended to be a revolutionary book, but in other respects it is very traditional indeed. It is revolutionary in that we have developed a comprehensive analytical framework to examine and explain the rise of the Western world; a framework consistent with and complementary to standard neo-classical economic theory. Since the book is written to be understandable (and hopefully interesting) for those without prior economic training, we have avoided the jargon of the profession and attempted to be as clear and as straightforward as possible.

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.