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Introduction : Town and country in Europe, 1300-1800 / S.R. Epstein -- Town and country in Sweden, 1450-1650 / Robert Sandberg -- Town and country in Holland, 1300-1550 / Peter C.M. Hoppenbrouwers -- Town and country in the Dutch Republic, 1550-1800 / Marjolein 't Hart -- Town and country in England, 1300-1570 / James A. Galloway -- Town and country in England, 1570-1750 / Paul Glennie -- Town and country in the Polish Commonwealth, 1350-1650 / Andrzej Janeczek -- Town and country in the Austrian and Czech lands, 1450-1800 / Markus Cerman and Herbert Knittler -- Town and country in Germany, 1350-1600 / Tom Scott -- Town and country in Switzerland, 1450-1750 / Martin K(c)œrner -- Town and country in France, 1550-1750 / Thomas Brennan -- Town and country in Castile, 1400-1650 / Pablo S(c)Łnchez Le(c)đn -- Town and country in central and northern Italy, 1400-1800 / Carlo Marco Belfanti -- Town and country in the kingdom of Naples, 1500-1800 / Brigitte Marin

The popular assertion among economic historians that the increase of political freedoms throughout Europe via civil conflict accelerated the preindustrial development of European nations is challenged. It is contended that liberal democratic institutions will not necessarily advance a high degree of commitment to maintaining individual property rights. Analysis of the 19th-century Dutch government & economy demonstrates that political freedom did not perpetuate economic growth; conversely, it is stated that political freedom initiated a period of economic decline in the Netherlands. Multiple claims used to support the aforementioned hypothesis are scrutinized. D. C. North & B. Weingast's (1989) study of the Glorious Revolution's effects on English economic growth is used to partially challenge the antithetical relationship between economic development & political freedom. Future research is urged to investigate the influence of decision-making structures & administrative systems on civil liberty. 41 References. J. W. Parker

Technology, Skills and the Pre-Modern Economy investigates, through regional studies and paired comparisons, how technological skills and knowledge were reproduced and disseminated in the advanced agrarian societies of China, India, Russia and Europe in the centuries before the Industrial Revolution.