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The Rise of the Western World

The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History

  • Date Published: September 1976
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521290999

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  • 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.

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    • Date Published: September 1976
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521290999
    • length: 180 pages
    • dimensions: 227 x 151 x 12 mm
    • weight: 0.26kg
    • availability: Available

  • 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.

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  • Authors

    Douglass C. North

    Robert Paul Thomas

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