Structure and Change in Economic History

作者 Douglass C. North著
出版社 W. W. Norton & Company
出版时间 1981年6月第1版
ISBN 9780393952414
定价 200.80

内容简介

AtthecoreofProfessorNorth'sinvestigationisthequestionofpropertyrights,thearrangementsindividualsandgroupshavemadethroughhistorytodealwiththefundamentaleconomicproblemofscarceresources.Insixtheoreticalchapters,ProfessorNorthexaminesthestructureofeconomicsystems,outlinesaneconomictheoryofthestateandtheideologiesthatundergirdvariousmodesofeconomicorganization,andthenexploresthedynamicforcessuchasnewtechnologiesthatcauseinstitutionstoadaptinordertosurvive.Withthisanalyticalframeworkinplace,majorphasesinWesternhistorycomeundercarefulreappraisal,fromtheoriginsofagricultureandtheneolithicrevolutionthroughthepoliticaleconomyoftheancientandmedievalworldstotheindustrialrevolutionandtheeconomictransformationsofthetwentiethcentury.StructureandChangeinEconomicHistoryisaworkthatwillreshapemanyestablishedexplanationsofthegrowthofthewest.

作者简介

DouglassCecilNorth(bornNovember5,1920)isanAmericaneconomistknownforhisworkineconomichistory.Heistheco-recipient(withRobertWilliamFogel)ofthe1993NobelMemorialPrizeinEconomicSciences.InthewordsoftheNobelCommittee,NorthandFogelwereawardedtheprize"forhavingrenewedresearchineconomichistorybyapplyingeconomictheoryandquantitativemethodsinordertoexplaineconomicandinstitutionalchange."