内容简介
Firstpublishedin1973,thisisaradicalinterpretation,offeringaunifiedexplanationforthegrowthofWesternEuropebetween900A.D.and1700,providingageneraltheoreticalframeworkforinstitutionalchangegearedtothegeneralreader.
作者简介
DouglassC.NorthisalsoprofessorofhistoryandafellowoftheCenterinPoliticalEconomy.HewasonthefacultyoftheUniversityofWashingtonandheldvisitingchairsatCambridgeandRiceUniversities.In1993hewasawardedtheNobelMemorialPrizeinEconomics.HeisafellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciencesandhasservedaspresidentoftheEconomicHistoryAssociationandtheWesternEconomicAssociation.Hismajorinterestistheevolutionofeconomicandpoliticalinstitutions.Theeffectsofinstitutionsonthedevelopmentofeconomiesthroughtimeisamajoremphasisinhisworkinbotheconomichistoryanddevelopment.AmonghisbooksareTheRiseoftheWesternWorld(withR.P.Thomas,2ndedition),1973,GrowthandWelfareintheAmericanPast,1973,StructureandChangeinEconomicHistory,1981,andInstitutions,InstitutionalChangeandEconomicPerformance,1990.
