Structure and Change in Economic History

Name: Structure and Change in Economic History
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ISBN: 9780393952414

ISBN-10: 039395241X

ISBN-13: 9780393952414

Edition: 1981

Authors: Douglass C. North

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At the core of Professor North's investigation is the question of property rights, the arrangements individuals and groups have made through history to deal with the fundamental economic problem of scarce resources.In six theoretical chapters, Professor North examines the structure of economic systems, outlines an economic theory of the state and the ideologies that undergird various modes of economic organization, and then explores the dynamic forces such as new technologies that cause institutions to adapt in order to survive. With this analytical framework in place, major phases in Western history come under careful reappraisal, from the origins of agriculture and the neolithic…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1981
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/1982
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface



The Issues



An Introduction to the Structure of Economies



A Neoclassical Theory of the State



A Framework for Analyzing Economic Organization in History



Ideology and the Free Rider Problem



Structure and Change in Economic History


Introduction



The First Economic Revolution



The Organizational Consequences of the First Economic Revolution



Economic Change and Decline in the Ancient World



The Rise and Decline of Feudalism



Structure and Change in Early Modern Europe



The Industrial Revolution Reconsidered



The Second Economic Revolution and Its Consequences



Structure and Change in the American Economy 1789-1914



A Theory of Institutional Change and the Economic History of the Western World


Bibliography


Index