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 Summary -- 2. 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 agriculture -- 3.4 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 changes -- 4.5 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 1815-1914 -- 6.1 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? -- 7.6 Agriculture in the Soviet Union 1917-1939 -- 7.7 The debate about development strategy in the Soviet Union -- 7.8 Summary -- 8. Adjustment and agricultural policies 1945-2000 -- 8.1 The immediate post war period 1945-1950 -- 8.2 GATT and agriculture -- 8.3 Agricultural policies 1950-1960 -- 8.4 The foundation of the European Economic Community and the Common Agricultural Policy -- 8.5 Agricultural policy problems 1968-1973 -- 8.6 The agricultural trend of falling real prices -- 8.7 The Common Agricultural Policy 1973-1990 -- 8.8 Why was the CAP allowed to be developed? -- 8.9 US agricultural policy 1960-1990 -- 8.10 Agriculture more dependent on world markets and macroeconomic policies -- 8.11 Agricultural reforms since 1990 -- 8.12 Summary -- III Lessons from the past -- 9. The determinants of agricultural development -- 9.1 A development model -- 9.2 Common characteristics of feudal societies -- 9.3 The different stages of agricultural development.

9.4 The first stage of agricultural development -- 9.5 The second stage of agricultural development -- 9.6 The third stage of agricultural development -- 9.7 The fourth stage of development -- 9.8 What will happen in the fifth stage? -- 9.9 Summary -- 10. Agriculture in the early stage of economic development -- 10.1 Agriculture or industry as the engine of growth -- 10.2 Agricultural demand stimulated industrialisation -- 10.3 Agriculture supplied resources -- 10.4 Interrelationship between agriculture and industry -- 10.5 Agricultural development and population growth -- 10.6 Agricultural reforms and farm size structure -- 10.7 Summary -- 11. Markets and institutions for further development -- 11.1 The market mechanism and development -- 11.2 The implementation of the market economy -- 11.3 Markets are of special importance to agriculture -- 11.4 Agriculture is a biological production -- 11.5 The institutional framework and agriculture -- 11.6 The experience of the Soviet planned economy -- 11.7 Summary -- 12. Economic policy intervention -- 12.1 Trade policy -- 12.2 Agricultural policy -- 12.3 Problems caused by agricultural policy -- 12.4 Macroeconomic policy and agriculture -- 12.5 Summary -- 13. Agriculture in the developing countries after 1950 -- 13.1 The long-term trends in the Third World -- 13.2 Why did the developing countries choose industrialisation? -- 13.3 Was it wise to focus on industrialisation? -- 13.4 Production structures and patterns -- 13.5 The importance of prices -- 13.6 Macroeconomic policies in the developing countries -- 13.7 Summary -- 14. The lessons of history -- 14.1 Different methods of analysis -- 14.2 General economic trends -- 14.3 Agricultural development -- 14.4 A development model -- 14.5 Productivity increases and agricultural reforms -- 14.6 Economic integration, markets and economic environment.

14.7 Economic and agricultural policy intervention -- 14.8 Post-war experiences of the developing countries -- Literature -- Index.