Douglass North once emphasized that development takes centuries, but he did not have a theory of how and why change occurs. This groundbreaking book advances such a theory by examining in detail why England and Spain developed so slowly from 1000 to 1800. A colonial legacy must go back centuries...

In many developing countries, the institutional framework governing economic life has its roots in the colonial period, when the interests of European settlers clashed with those of the native population or imported slaves. We examine the economic implications of this conflict in a framework...

1. The Gupta Empire – 400AD to 600AD -- 2. Chalukya and Kamataa: King Pulakeshin – 543AD to 753AD -- 3. The Pallava Dynasty -275AD to 897AD -- 4. The Chola Dynasty – 846AD to 1215AD -- 5. The Delhi Sultanate – 1226AD to 1526AD -- 6. The Mughal Dynasty – 1526AD to 1857AD -- 7. The...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Foundations of Imperialism in Sudan -- Chapter 2. British Business and Sudan During the Mahdiya -- Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Imperial Development, 1899-1919 -- Part II Business and Imperialism in Sudan -- Chapter 4. The Sudan Plantations Syndicate, 1904-1919...