The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development --; Table of Contents --; Preface --; I General economic trends --; 1. Economic development in the modern era --; 1.1 The modern era started around 1750 --; 1.2 The data available for comparison --; 1.3 Population growth from 1500 to 2000 --; 1.4 Economic development from 1500 to 1820 --; 1.5 Economic development from 1820 to 2000 --; 1.6 Industrialisation --; 1.7 Different economic conditions in Western Europe and the USA in different periods --; 1.8 The business cycle --; 1.9 Factors influencing economic development 1.10 Summary2. Integration and trade --; 2.1 New ideas in a world with little integration 1750-1815 --; 2.2 The increase in international trade 1815-2000 --; 2.3 Increasing integration and liberalisation 1815-1875 --; 2.4 Increasing integration and tariff protection 1875-1914 --; 2.5 A turbulent period of disintegration 1914-1945 --; 2.6 The revival of integration 1945-2000 --; 2.7 Summary --; II Agricultural development --; 3. Employment, productivity and prices in agriculture --; 3.1 The relative decline of agriculture --; 3.2 Production resources in agriculture 3.3 Productivity in agriculture3.4 Productivity differs between countries --; 3.5 Demand for agricultural products --; 3.6 Agricultural prices in the short term --; 3.7 Agricultural prices in the medium term --; 3.8 Agricultural prices in the long term --; 3.9 Real agricultural prices --; 3.10 Summary --; 4. Technological and institutional changes in agriculture 1750-1914 --; 4.1 What are technological and institutional changes? --; 4.2 An overview of industrial and agricultural changes --; 4.3 The farming system in Europe before the agricultural revolution 4.4 The first technological changes4.5 Institutional changes in the form of agricultural reforms --; 4.6 Technological changes continued --; 4.7 Institutional change in the form of economic integration --; 4.8 The importance of markets --; 4.9 Summary --; 5. Agricultural reforms in Europe 1750-1914 --; 5.1 The feudal system was not the same everywhere --; 5.2 Britain --; 5.3 France --; 5.4 Germany --; 5.5 Denmark --; 5.6 Mediterranean countries --; 5.7 Austria-Hungary and the Balkans --; 5.8 Russia --; 5.9 Summary 6. Trade policy and agricultural performance in different countries 1815-19146.1 Britain --; 6.2 France --; 6.3 Germany --; 6.4 Denmark --; 6.5 The USA --; 6.6 Summary --; 7. Agricultural markets and public intervention 1914 � 1945 --; 7.1 The First World War and the restoration of peace 1914-1929 --; 7.2 The introduction of agricultural support policies in Europe 1929-1939 --; 7.3 The Great Depression and agricultural policy in the USA 1929-1939 --; 7.4 Lack of international co-operation --; 7.5 How did agriculture perform?
Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century.