The Rise of the Atlantic Economies surveys the economic history of Spain, the Netherlands, France, and England and of the colonies they established, or had dealings with, in North and South America from the beginnings of Portuguese exploration in the fifteenth century to the American Revolution.
"The best text . . . on preindustrial economic history. Its brilliant organization of complex materials, its unabashed eclectic approach, and its highly readable prose make it just the thing for courses in both Old Regime and economic history."—American Historical Review
