Antonio Di Vittorio is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bari in Italy and President of the Italian Association of Economics Historians.

Introduction Part 1: The Economy in the Fifteenth Century: Preconditions for European Expansion1. An Integrated Economic System: Europe in the Fifteenth Century 2. Supply and Demand of Goods: Agricultural and Manufactured Goods 3. Work Organization and Techniques 4. The Expansion of Geographical and Economic Dimensions Part 2: European Expansion in the Sixteenth Century1. Population 2. Agriculture 3. Anticipating the New Science 4. International Exchanges 5. Finance 6. Different Roles in Europe Part 3: European Expansion in the Seventeenth Century I. General Trends 1. Demography: Crisis and Slow Recovery 2. Agriculture and Land Ownership 3. Cities, Manufactures, Commerce and Finance II. New Powers: Mercantilism and the Formation of the Modern State 1. Holland 2. France 3. England: An Overall View Part 4: The European Economies in the Eighteenth Century1. New Perspectives on Economic Modernization and Europe's Many Paths to the Twentieth Century [...]opean Economic Development in the Eighteenth Century: The Central Themes 3. Agrarian Europe 1700-1800 4. The Enigma of the Eighteenth Century: The Demographic Revolution 5. The Growth of Trade 6. Industries and Manufactures 7. The Role of the State 8. The Napoleonic Era Part 5: The Economic Development of Europe in the Nineteenth Century1. Growth and Transformation of the European Economy 2. Demographic Dynamics and Social Change: The Role of Agriculture 3. The Process of European Industrialization 4. The Revolution in Transport and Communications 5. International Exchanges and Monetary Systems Part 6: The Twentieth Century, from Break with the Past to Prosperity.The Starting Point 1. Growth and Transformation of the Economy 2. The Great Stages 3. Economic and Social Policies