A Concise Economic History of the World

Larry Neal is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of The Rise of Financial Capitalism (1991) and The Economics of the European Union and the Economies of Europe (OUP, 1998). He was the editor of Explorations in Economic History from 1991 to 1998.Rondo Cameron was the William Rand Kenan Professor of Economics and History at Emory University. He was the 1991 recipient of the Editor's Award for Exceptional Books for the first edition of A Concise Economic History of the World. He authored or co-authored several books, including The European World (1970) and Civilizations: Western and World (1975), and was the coeditor of International Banking 1870-1914 (OUP, 1991).

• List of FiguresList of TablesPrefaceChapter 1. Introduction: Economic History and the Global EconomyChapter 2. Economic Development in Ancient Times Chapter 3. Economic Development in Medieval EurasiaChapter 4. Economic Response to the Medieval CrisisChapter 5. Europe's Recovery and Discovery of the Rest of the WorldChapter 6. Economic Nationalism and ImperialismChapter 7. The Dawn of Modern IndustryChapter 8. The Global Economy Confronts British CapitalismChapter 9. Institutions Adjust (or not) to Modern Economic GrowthChapter 10. European Economies Adjust (or not) to Modern Economic GrowthChapter 11. The Growth of the World Economy, 1848-1914Chapter 12. The Spread of Development in Europe, 1848-1914Chapter 13. The Spread of Development Beyond Europe, 1848-1914Chapter 14. International Economic Disintegration, 1914-1945Chapter 15. Rebuilding the World Economy, 1945-1989Chapter 16. Overview of the World Economy, 1914-2014Annotated BibliographyIndex

This is an important book. It is the best textbook on world/European economic history on the market, and Professors Cameron and Neal should be thanked for doing a service to the field of economic history.