Description: List of FiguresList of TablesPrefacePreface to the First Edition1.. Introduction: Economic History and Economic DevelopmentDevelopment and UnderdevelopmentGrowth, Development, and ProgressDeterminants of Economic DevelopmentProduction and ProductivityEconomic Structure and Structural ChangeThe Logistics of Economic GrowthAppendix2.. Economic Development in Ancient TimesEconomics and the Emergence of CivilizationThe Economic Foundations of EmpireTrade and Development in the Mediterranean WorldEconomic Achievements and Limits of Ancient Civilization3.. Economic Development in Medieval EuropeThe Agrarian BasisRural SocietyPatterns of StabilityForces of ChangeEurope ExpandsThe Revival of Urban LifeCommercial Currents and TechniquesIndustrial Technology and the Origins of Mechanical PowerThe Crisis of the Medieval Economy4.. Non-Western Economies on the Eve of Western ExpansionThe World of IslamThe Ottoman EmpireEast AsiaSouth AsiaAfricaThe Americas5.. Europe's Second LogisticPopulation and Levels of LivingExploration and DiscoveryOverseas Expansion and the Feedback to EuropeThe Price RevolutionAgricultural Technology and ProductivityIndustrial Technology and ProductivityTrade, Trade Routes, and Commercial Organization6.. Economic Nationalism and ImperialismMercantilism: A MisnomerThe Common ElementsSpain and Spanish AmericaPortugalCentral, Eastern, and Northern EuropeColbertism in FranceThe Prodigious Increase of the Netherlands"Parliamentary Colbertism" in Britain7.. The Dawn of Modern IndustryCharacteristics of Modern IndustryThe Industrial Revolution: A MisnomerPrerequisites and Concomitants of IndustrializationIndustrial Technology and InnovationRegional VariationSocial Aspects of Early Industrialization8.. Economic Development in the Nineteenth Century: Basic DeterminantsPopulationResourcesThe Development and Diffusion of TechnologyPrime Movers and Power ProductionCheap SteelTransport and CommunicationsThe Application of ScienceThe Institutional FrameworkLegal FoundationsEconomic Thought and PolicyClass Structure and Class StrugglesEducation and LiteracyInternational Relations9.. Patterns of Development: The Early IndustrializersGreat BritainThe United StatesBelgiumFranceGermany10.. Patterns of Development: Latecomers and No-ShowsSwitzerlandThe Netherlands and ScandinaviaThe Austro-Hungarian EmpireSouthern and Eastern EuropeThe Iberian PeninsulaItalySoutheastern EuropeImperial RussiaJapan11.. Strategic SectorsAgricultureFinance and BankingThe Role of the State12.. The Growth of the World EconomyBritain Opts for Free TradeThe Free Trade EraThe "Great Depression" and the Return to ProtectionThe International Gold Standard International Migration and InvestmentThe Revival of Western ImperialismAfricaAsiaExplanations of Imperialism13.. Overview of the World Economy in the Twentieth CenturyPopulationResourcesTechnologyInstitutionsInternational RelationsThe Role of GovernmentThe Forms of EnterpriseOrganized Labor14.. International Economic DisintergrationThe Economic Consequences of World War IEconomic Consequences of the PeaceThe Great Contraction, 1929-33Rival Attempts at ReconstructionThe Russian Revolutions and the Soviet UnionEconomic Aspects of World War II15.. Rebuilding the World EconomyPlanning for the Postwar EconomyThe Marshall Plan and Economic "Miracles"The Era of High GrowthThe Emergence of the Soviet BlocThe Economics of DecolonizationThe Origins of the European Union16.. The World Economy at the End of the Twentieth CenturyThe Collapse of the Soviet BlocThe Evolution of the European UnionLimits to Growth?Annotated BibliographyIndex

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