Douglass C. North, Robert Paul Thomas

The Rise of the Western World

A New Economic History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1976
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 258g
• ISBN-13: 9780521290999
• ISBN-10: 0521290996
• Artikelnr.: 22289968

Inhaltsangabe

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.