TY - BOOK AU - Clough, Shepard B. TI - The economic development of western civilization AV - HC 21 .C56 1959 PY - 1959/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Historia económica N1 - Preface, vii --; List of illustrations, xiii --; List of maps, xv --; Part one. Economic growth --; Chapter 1. To the reader, 3 --; Part two. The ancient and medieval worlds --; Chapter 2. Economic achievements in the ancient world, 19 --; Chapter 3. The agrarian economy of the middle ages, 45 --; Chapter 4. The fall and rise of medieval commerce, 68 --; Chapter 5. The revival of industry and business institutions, 87 --; Chapter 6. Money, credit, and business organization, 104 --; Part three. The economic expansion of western cuture-1500 to 1800 --; Chapter 7. European discoveries and expansion-1500 to 1700, 119 --; Chapter 8. Economic consequences of European overseas expansion, 140 --; Chapter 9. Science, technology, and the early industrial revolution-1500 To 1700, 160 --; Chapter 10. Establishing the capitalist system, 182 --; Chapter 11. Mercantilism-the dominant economic theory of early modern Times, 207 --; Part four. Rapid economic growth and locational shifts in western culture’s economy-1800 to 1914 --; Chapter 12. The setting of the industrial revolution, 235 --; Chapter 13. The mechanization of industry, 259 --; Chapter 14. The agricultural revolution and its aftermath, 285 --; Chapter 15. The revolution in commerce, 312 --; Chapter 16. Revolutions in investing, business organization, and finance, 342 --; Chapter 17. The new economy comes of age-1875 to 1914, 370 --; Part five. Crises in the economy of western culture-1914 to 1957 --; Chapter 18. International, economic, and social strains and stresses, 403 --; Chapter 19. Economic growth and economic depression, 420 --; Chapter 20. The economics of world war II, 442 --; Chapter 21. Economic recovery and expansion, 462 --; Bibliography, 495 --; Author index, 517 --; Subject index, 523 ER -