Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. One. Self-Enforcing Political Systems and Economic Growth: Late Medieval Genoa 23
6. Two. The Political Economy of Absolutism Reconsidered 64
7. Three. Conscription: The Price of Citizenship 109
8. Four. Political Stability and Civil War: Institutions, Commitment, and American Democracy 148
9. Five. The International Coffee Organization: An International Institution 194
10. Conclusion 231
11. Appendix 239
12. Index 243