Economic history of Europe / by Herbert Heaton

Includes index.

Includes maps and charts on commerce, trade, and agriculture in Europe from the ancient world to the mid 20th century.

I. Introduction -- II.The Economic Emergence of Southern Europe -- III The Roman World -- IV The Making of Medieval Economic Society -- V. The Medieval Countryside -- VI. Rural Change and Expansion -- VII. Medieval Industry -- VIII. Medieval Commerce
-- IX. Medieval Commercial and Financial Organization -- X. The Regulation of Medieval Industry and Commerce -- XI. The Making of Early Modem Europe -- XII. Economic Expansion in Europe and Beyond, 1450 - 1600 -- XIII. Economic Developments in Continental Europe, 1500-1750: I. The Hanse Towns, Italy, Portugal, Spain -- XIV. Economic Developments in Continental Europe,
1500-1750: II. Holland and France -- XV. England, 1500-1750 -- XVI. Industrial and Commercial Organization, 1500-1750 -- XVII. Economic Characteristics of the Past Two Centuries -- XVIII. Modem European Agriculture: Part I. British Agriculture -- ^^IX. Modem European Agriculture: Part II. France and Germany -- XX. Modem European Agriculture: Part III. Agricultural Europe -- /XXI. European Industrial Developments Since 1700 -- XXII. The Development of Modern Transportation -- XXIII. Industrial and Commercial Organization -- XXIV. Banking and Currency to 1914 -- XXV. Competition, Combination, and Control -- XVL International Trade to 1914 -- XXVII. Business Fluctuations to 1914 -- XXVIII. Economic Consequences of the First World War -- XXIX. The Economic History of a Decade, 1929-1939 -- XXX. Labor Conditions and Regulation -- XXXI. The Labor Movement.

"The first edition of this book, published in 1936, was an attempt to survey the economic development of Europe from the emergence of the ancient civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean to the depressed early 1930's. Working under the shadow of those gloomy years I could not escape excessive preoccupation by the problems raised by World War I and its aftermath. Yet I tried to avoid writing a mere preface to the morning's news, and gave the ancient, medieval, and early modern periods the space which they merited because their story was interesting and their contribution important. The book was intended for students, especially American students, who had done little previous work in the subject.....though the present edition resembles its predecessor in scope and character, it is in large measure a new book, completely rewritten. Two things are responsible for the changes. In the first place, much economic history has been made since 1936.....in the second place, much economic history has been written since 1936." -- from the preface.