We present cross-country evidence that a country's macroeconomic volatility, measured either by the standard deviation of output growth or the occurrence of trend-growth breaks, is significantly affected by the country's historical variables. In particular, countries with longer histories of...

Chapter 1. Setting the stage: the genealogy of contemporary rural identity in the Midwest -- Chapter 2. Are we ready for this? Urban industrialism, rural resistance, and rural-urban conflict -- Chapter 3. The future of an idea: farmers use of technology to perform rural capitalistic modernity --...

Introduction -- Chapter 1. Agriculture and the Pursuit of Economic Growth -- Chapter 2. Farmers and the Dynamics of Agricultural Change in Interwar Europe -- Chapter 3. Agriculture and the State -- Chapter 4. When did the Landed Elites Give up Power? A European Perspective -- Chapter 5. Land...