Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE VII
3. CONTENTS IX
4. INTRODUCTION A Look into the Past 1
5. PART ONE Themes for the Study of Economic History and an Evaluation Framework
6. 1 Economic History and Economic Change 9
7. 2 The Method of Analysis and the Expected Results 33
8. 3 An Evaluative Model of Historical Research 84
9. PART TWO Traditional History: Illustrations and Critique
10. 4 Observations on Traditional Methodology 93
11. 5 The Data 108
12. 6 Methodological Choices 152
13. 7 Types of Generalization 201
14. PART THREE The Conflict and Its Resolution
15. 8 Traditional History in Retrospect 221
16. 9 The New Economic History 227
17. 10 Developments in Related Social Sciences 243
18. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
19. INDEX 311