Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 2. How the Tournament in Early Modern Europe Made Conquest Possible 19
5. Chapter 3. Why the Rest of Eurasia Fell Behind 67
6. Chapter 4. Ultimate Causes 104
7. Chapter 5. From the Gunpowder Technology to Private Expeditions 154
8. Chapter 6. Technological Change and Armed Peace in Nineteenth-Century Europe 179
9. Chapter 7. Conclusion 205
10. Appendix A. Model of War and Technical Change via Learning by Doing 215
11. Appendix B. Using Prices to Measure Productivity Growth in the Military Sector 228
12. Appendix C. Model of Political Learning 231
13. Appendix D. Data for Tables 4.1 and 4.2 233
14. Appendix E. Model of Armed Peace and Technical Change via Research 234
15. Acknowledgments 239
16. Bibliography 241
17. Index 263
18. Backmatter 273