CONTENTS: V.L. 900 - 1500, the Middle Ages. v.2. 1500 - 1700, the sixteenth and seven seventeenth centuries.v.3. 1700 - 1914, the industrial revolution v. III. chapter 9: the Emergence of Economics as a science 1750 - 1870.v. 4. 1700 - 1914, the emergence of industrial societies. v.5. 1920 - 1970. the twentieth century. v. 6. 1920 - 1970, contemporay economics