Citizenship is at the heart of our contemporary world but it is a particular vision of national
citizenship forged in the French Revolution. In Citizens without Nations, Maarten Prak …

A landmark history of the origins of modern democratic societies by one of our most
important political thinkers. A New York Times Notable Book for 2011 A Globe and Mail Best …

The Great Divergence brings new insight to one of the classic questions of history: Why did
sustained industrial growth begin in Northwest Europe, despite surprising similarities …

We examine the impact of ambiguous and contested land rights on investment and
productivity in agriculture in Akwapim, Ghana. We show that individuals who hold powerful …

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected,
success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of …

The existing literature on the relationship between property rights in land and agricultural
investment in Africa has given results that are often confusing and contradictory. I make two …

Estimates of employment structure, agricultural output, and agricultural labour productivity
are developed for the leading European countries from 1300 to 1800. The employment …

An econometric model of economic development is estimated with data from leading
European countries between 1300 and 1800. The model explores the impact of population …

The Industrial Revolution remains a defining moment in the economic history of the modern
world. But what kind and how much of a revolution was it? And what kind of? moment? could …

The timing of the English agricultural revolution is investigated using three indicators: output
growth implied by a demand curve, crop yields calculated from probate inventories, and …