Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Tables xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Abbreviations xv
7. Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER One. Peasants, Historians, and Economic Growth 12
9. CHAPTER Two. Common Rights and the Village Community 21
10. CHAPTER Three. Labor Markets, Rental Markets, and Credit in the Local Economy 35
11. CHAPTER Four. Agricultural Productivity in France, 1450-1789 81
12. CHAPTER Five. Explaining Productivity in a Traditional Economy 143
13. CHAPTER Six. Conclusion 193
14. APPENDIX A The Methods and Sources Used with the Notre Dame Sample 206
15. APPENDIX Β Measuring TFP with Other Samples of Leases 238
16. APPENDIX C The Economics of Urban Fertilizer 266
17. APPENDIX D Hedonic Wage Regressions 268
18. Notes 273
19. Sources and Bibliography 345
20. Index 355