The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History

This 1973 book is a radical interpretation, offering a unified explanation for the growth of Western Europe between 900 A. D. and 1700.

Douglass C. North (Author), Robert Paul Thomas (Author)

9780521290999, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 July 1976

180 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.265 kg

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ]