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, published 30 July 1976

180 pages
22.7 x 15.1 x 1.2 cm, 0.26 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]