{"product_id":"capitalism-in-context-essays-on-economic-development-and-cultural-change-in-honor-of-r-m-hartwell-9780226391984","title":"Capitalism in Context Essays on Economic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese essays explore the cultural contexts and institutional constraints that have shaped growth and development over the past two centuries. This book offers new perspectives on why economic development took place where and when it did.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction by John A. James and Mark Thomas  Pt. I: The Profile of Progress  1: Patterns of Growth in History  Eric L. Jones  2: Frontier Societies and the Diffusion of Growth  Mark Thomas  3: Reflections on \"The Standard of Living Debate\": New Arguments and New Evidence  Stanley L. Engerman  Pt. II: The Cultural Foundations: Values, Markets, and Peoples  4: Puritanism and Capitalism in Early Massachusetts  Stephen Innes  5: The Rise of Free Labor: Economic Change and the Enforcement of Service Contracts in England, 1351-1875  David W. Galenson  6: Cemeteries, Religion, and the Culture of Capitalism  Thomas W. Laqueur  Pt. III: The Economic Foundations: Labor, Capital, and Technology  7: Leaving the Farm to Go to the City: Did They Leave Quickly Enough?  Jeffrey G. Williamson  8: Human Capital and Productivity in Advanced Economies  N. F. R. Crafts  9: Savings, Investment, and Economic Growth: The United States in the Nineteenth Century  Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman.  10: Progress and Inertia in Technological Change  Joel Mokyr Pt. IV: The Organizational Foundations: Property Rights, Government, and Markets  11: The Evolution of Efficient Markets in History  Douglass C. North  12: The Political Economy of Institutional Change: Property Rights and the General Revision Act of 1891  Gary D. Libecap  13: Government Growth, Income Growth, and Economic Growth  John J. Wallis  Postscript  The Writings of R. M. Hartwell  References  Contributors  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51036530901335,"sku":"9780226391984","price":60.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226391984.jpg?v=1750932294","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capitalism-in-context-essays-on-economic-development-and-cultural-change-in-honor-of-r-m-hartwell-9780226391984","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}