ARTICLES
L. De Rosa, The Balkan Minorities (Slavs and Albanians) in South Italy, p. 249
P. Fernandez Pérez, Tolerance and Endogarny entrepreneurial Strategies in XVIIIth Century Spain, p. 271
M. Hau, Industrialization and Culture: the Case of Alsace, p. 295
J. Komlos, The Industrial Revolution as the Escape from the Malthusian Trap, p. 307

NOTES
H.A. Wessel, Mannesmann 1890: a European Enterprise with an International Perspective, p. 335

PROBLEMS
R. Uoyd-Jones, M.J. Lewis, The Long Wave and Turning Points in British Industrial Capitalism: a New-Schumpeterian Approach, p. 359

DEBATES
P.Z. Grossman, J. Horvath, The Dynamics of Hungarian Hyperinfation 1945-46 a New Perspective, p. 405

Reviews of books, p. 431
Books received, p. 447

ARTICLES
R.L Hopcroft, R.J. Emigh, Divergent Paths of Agrarian Change. Eastern England and Tuscany Compared, p. 9
Th. Max Safley, Bankruptcy: Family and Finance in Early Modern Augsburg, p. 53
Christopher J. Schmitz, The World Copper Industry: Geology, Mining. Techniques and Corporate Growth, 1870-1939, p. 77

NOTES
Brendan M. Walsh, Urbanization and the Regional Distribution of population in Post-Famine Ireland, p. 109

PROBLEMS
K. Deszeri, Introducing Currency Convertibility in Western Europe in the 1950s, p. 131
John Munro, A Maze of Medieval Monetary Metrology Determining Mint Weights in Flanders, France and England from the Economics of Counterfeiting, 1388 - 1469, p. 173

THE HISTORIANS
A. M. Piuz, Paul Bairoch (1930-1999), p. 203

Reviews of Books, p. 211
Books received, p. 227

ARTICLES
J.T. Kotliaine, Quantifying in Russian Exports via Arkhangel'sk in the XVIIth Century, p. 249
W. P. McCray, Creating Networks of skill: Technology Transfer and the Glass Industry in Venice, p. 301
E.C. Tingle, Builders' Wages and Purchasing Power in Eighteenth-century Brittany, p. 335

NOTES
G. Karras, Taxes and Growth in Europe: 1885-1987, p. 365

PROBLEMS
B.C. Beaudreau, Electric Power, Keynes and the $4,86Pound: a Reexamination of Britain's Return to the Gold Standard, p. 383

THE HISTORIANS
P. Mathias, Sidney Pollard, p. 411

Reviews of books, p. 429
Books received, p. 448

ARTICLES
M. Dritsas, Monetary Modernisation in Greece: Bimetallism or the Gold Standard (1833-1920), p. 9
D. Goodman, Armadas in an Age of Scarce Resources: Struggling to Maintain the Fleet in Seventeenth-century Spain, p. 49
S. Lingarde, A. Tylecote, Resource - Rich Countries' Success and Failure in Technological Ascent, 1870-1970: the Nordic Countries versus Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, p. 77

NOTES
J. Kepler, Estimates of the Volume of Direct Shipments of Tobacco and Sugar from the Chief English Plantations to European Markets, 1620-1669, p. 115

PROBLEMS
H. Pohl, Economic Powers and Political Powers in Early Modern Europe: theory and history, p. 139

DEBATES
F. Butschek, Were there Alternatives to Transition Policies in Eastern Europe? Some Lessons from the Postwar Reconstruction in Austria, p. 171

REVIEW ARTICLES
J. H. Mundy, Philip Jones and the Medieval Italian City-State, p. 185

Reviews of books, p. 203
Books received, p. 225
Errata corrige, p. 237

ARTICLES
B. Etemad, Europe and Migration after Decolonisation, p. 457
R.A. Goldthwaite, Banking in Florence at the End of the Sixteenth Century, 471
LM.E. Shaw, The Marquês de Pombal (1699-1782). How HeBroke Britain's Commercial Ascendancy in Portugal, p. 537

NOTES
H. Mthçi, Typologies of Industrialization in Historical Perspective, p. 557

PROBLEMS
M. Barrio Gozalo, The Financing of the Church and Hospital of Santiago De Los Españoles in Rome in Early Modern Times, p. 579

DEBATES
M.Haynes, R. Husan, The State and Market in the Transition Economies: Critical Remarks in the Light of Past History and the Current Experience, p. 609

THE HISTORIANS
J.-F. Bergier, Michel Mollat du Jourdin (1911-1996), p. 647
H. Van der Wee, Charles Verlinden (1907-1996), p. 649

Reviews of books, p. 203
Books received, p. 225

ARTICLES
G. Andermann, H. Hockmann, G. Schmitt, Historical Changes in Land-Labour Relationships in Western Europe, p. 245
A. J. Arnold, "In the Service of the State"? Profitability in the British Armaments Industry, 1914-1924, p. 285
F. D'Esposito, Portuguese Settlers in Santo Domingo in the Sixteenth Century (1492-1580), p. 315
O. Prakash, Financing the European Trade with Asia in the Early Modern Period: Dutch Initiatives and Innovations, p. 331

NOTES
Chr. Vandenbroeke, Macro-history in Flanders. A Reconstruction of the Gross Regional Product around 1560, p. 359

PROBLEMS
A. Van den Berg, The Ups and Downs of Trade-Union Membership in the Netherlands, p. 367
D. C. Wellington, Innovating Activity in Eighteenth-Century England and Europe, p. 393

Reviews of books, p. 415
Books received, p. 439

ARTICLES
L De Rosa, Immobility and Change in Public Finance 9 in the Kingdom of Naples, 1649-1806, p. 9
I. Inkster, Motivation and Achievement: Technological Change and Creative Response in Comparative Industrial History, p. 29
J. Komlos, The New World's Contribution to to Food Consumption during the Industrial Revolution, p. 67

NOTES
R. Burt, Proto-industrialisation and "Stages" of Growth in the Metal Mining Industries, p. 85

PROBLEMS
M. Lin Lee, D. Loschky, Interdependency between Fertility and Real Wages in England, 1541- 1871, p. 107

DEBATES
J. McCusker, A Comment on Brian Dooley's Article and B. Dooley's Reply, p. 135
M. Morineau, Malthus : There and Back, From the Period Preceding the Black Death to the Industrial Revolution, p. 137

Reviews of books, p. 205
Books received, p. 223
Errata corrige, p. 235

ARTICLES
S.L Engerman, J.C. Das Neves, The Bricks of an Empire 1415-1999: 585 years of portuguese Emigration, p. 471
Y. Goo Park, Depression and Capital Formation: the United Kingdom and Germany, 1873-1896, p. 511
R. Steininger, 1961: Europe "at Sixes and Sevens". The European Free Trade Association, The Neutrals, and Great Britain's Decision to join the E.E.C., p. 535

NOTES
A.M. Blair, The British Iron and Steel Industry since 1945, p. 571

PROBLEMS
A.G. Esposto, Estimating Regional per capita income: Italy, 1861-1914, p. 585
G.B. Magee, Disease Management in pre-industrial Europe: a Reconsideration of the Efficacy of the Local Response to Epidemics, p. 605

DEBATES
M. Morineau, A Fresh Look at Fernand Braudel, p. 627
P. Nightingale, England and the European Depression of the Mid-Fifteenth Century, p. 631

Reviews of books, p. 205
Books received, p. 223

ARTICLES
H. Freudenberger, The Linz-Budweis Railways: Technology, Science and the Economy, pag. 239
P. Molas Ribalta, The Industrial Policy of the Board of Trade in Spain, pag. 269
C.J. Schmitz, The Changing Structure of the World Copper Market, 1870-1939, pag. 295

NOTES
C.G. Reed, A.M. Drosso, Labour Services in the Thirteenth Century, pag. 333

PROBLEMS
L. De Rosa, Naples, a Capital, pag. 349
F.L. Galassi, K.D. Kauffman, The Economics of Draft Animal Choice in Italian Agriculture: a Principal-Agent Approach to the Adoption of an Early Form of Capital, pag. 375

DEBATES
H.A. Wessel, Mannesmann in Great Britain 1888-1936: An Investment Dependent on Politics and the Market, pag. 399

Reviews of books, pag. 413
Books received, pag. 443

ARTICLES
R.B. Ekelund, Jr, D.R. Street, R.D. Tollison, Rent Seeking and Property Rights' Assigments as a Process: The Mesta Cartel of Medieval-Mercantile Spain, pag. 9
W.R. Garside, J.J. Greaves, Rationalisation and Britain's Industrial Malaise: The Interwar Years Revisited, pag. 37
I.P. Minoglou, H. Louri, Diaspora Enterpreneurial Networks in the Black Sea and Greece, 1870-1917, pag. 69
S. Nicholas, R.H. Steckel, Tall but Poor: Living Standards of Men and Women in Pre-famine Ireland, pag. 105

NOTES
J. Smith, I. McLean, The 1381 Peasants' Revolt: Lessons for 1990's?, pag. 137

PROBLEMS
P. Behre Miskimin, Jews and Christians in the Market-place: the Politics of Kosher Meat in Metz, pag. 147
LT. Darling, Ottoman Fiscal Administration: Decline or Adaptation?, pag. 157

Reviews of books, pag. 183
Books received, pag. 209

ARTICLES
L. De Rosa, South Italy's Place in the Atlantic Labour Markets (1860-1907), p. 551
B. Dooley, Printing and Entrepreneurialism in Seventeenth-Century Italy, p. 569
R. Fremdling, Anglo-German Rivalry in Coal Markets in France, The Netherlands and Germany 1850-1913, p. 599
S. Lazaretou, Macroeconomic Policies and Nominal Exchange Rate Regimes: Greece in the Interwar Period, p. 647

NOTES
J. Black, "A Most Beneficial Treaty for this Country": Anglo-Neapolitan Commercial Negotiations in 1789, p. 673

PROBLEMS
J.M. Chevet, National and Regional Corn Markets in France from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century, p. 681
R.J. Emigh, Loans and Livestock: Comparing Landlords' and Tenants' Declarations from the Catasto of 1427, p. 705

DEBATES
J.D. Tomlinson, No Cosy Deals: The Postwar Settlement and Economic Growth in Britain, p. 727

Reviews of books, pag. 183
Books received, pag. 209

ARTICLES
S. Beretta, From Autarky to Reconstruction Italian International Economic Policy, p. 263
P. Bernholz, Currency Substitution during Hyperinflation in the Soviet Union 1922-1924, p. 297
M. Bogucka, The Tipology of the Polish towns during the XVIth -XVIIIth Centuries, p. 325
L.DeRosa, Land and Sea Transport and Economic Depression in the Kingdom of Naples from the XIVth to the XVIIIth Century, p. 325
R.C. Michie, The International Trade in Food and the City of London since 1850, p. 369

NOTES
T. Kirk, A Little Country in a World of Empires: Genoese Attempts to Penetrate the Maritime Trading Empires in the Seventeenth Century, p. 407

PROBLEMS
M. Jolly, Employment Variability and Mass Production Technology in the British Automohile Industry during the Interwar Period, p. 425
D.E. Queller, A different Approach to the Pre-modern Cost of Living: Venice, 1372-1391, p. 441

REVIEW ARTICLES
Ch.-Ch. Lai, Translations of the Wealth of Nations, p. 467

Reviews of books, pag. 503
Books received, pag. 527

F. Arcelli, A Banking Enterprise at the Papal court: The Company of Antonio della Casa and Jacopo di Michele di Corso Donati (1438-1440), p. 9
D. Meredith, British Trade Diversion Policy and the Colonial Issue in the 1930's, p. 33
R. Munting, Becos Traders and the Russian Market in the 1920s, p. 69
G. Pace, European Migration and Middle East Urbanization: Tel Aviv, the First Jewish City, p. 97
H.G. Schröter, Cartelization and Decartelization in Europe, 1870-1995: Rise and Decline of an Economic Institution, p. 129
Ch. Meyers, Lawsuits in Elizabethan Courts of Law: the Adventures of Dr. Hector Nunez, 1566-1591: A Precis, p. 157

PROBLEMS
R. Mason, Robert Giffen and the Tariff Reform Campaign, 1865-1910, p. 171

DEBATES
J.P.Hull, From Rostow to Chandler to You: How Revolutionary Was the Second Industrial Revolution?, p. 191

Reviews of books, pag. 211
Books received, pag. 237

ARTICLES
G.J. Ames, Spice and Sulphur: Some Evidence on the Quest for Economic Stabilization in Portuguese Monsoon Asia, 1668-1682, p. 465
C. Hefeket, Interest Groups, Coalitions and Monetary Integration in the XIXth Century, p. 489
J.C. Hocquet, Productivity Gains and Technological Change. Venetian Naval Architecture at the End of the Middle Ages, p. 537

NOTES
R. Pearson, The Development of Reinsurance Markets in Europe during the Nineteenth Century, p. 557

PROBLEMS
J. Fudge, Tudor-Hapsburg Trade Wars and Northern Commercial Networks 1486-1506, p. 573
A. Santuari, The Société Anonyme in France and the French Industrial Revolution, 1815-1848, p. 587
E.H. Tuma, Suez Canal: Another Dimension in the European Network, p. 619

Reviews of books, pag. 635
Books received, pag. 661

ARTICLES
N.R. Bonnett, Port Wine Merchants: Sandeman in Porto, 1813-1831, p. 239
M. Flandreau, Coin Memories. Estimates of the French Metallic Currency 1840-1878, p. 271
J.B. Morrell, Bourgeois Scientific Societies and Industrial Innovation, p. 311

NOTES
K. Davids, Openness or Secrecy? Industrial Espionage in the Dutch Republic, p. 333

PROBLEMS
I. Csöppus, The Compensation Question of Hungary after World War One, p. 349
G. Stathakis, U.S. Economic Policies in Post Civil War Greece, 1949-1953: Stabilization and Monetary Reform, p. 375

DEBATES
J.P.D. Dunbabin, The Demographic Causes of the Industrial Revolution. Some Qualifications, p. 403

Reviews of books, pag. 411
Books received, pag. 445

ARTICLES
E.S. Brezis, F.H. Crouzet, The Role of Assignats during the French Revolution: An Evil or A Rescuer?, pag. 7
M. Palairet, Rural Serbia in the Light of the Census of 1863, pag. 41
C. Rotelli, James Wilson and the 1847 Crisis, pag. 109

NOTES
R. C. Muellet, The Spufford Thesis on Foreign Exchange: The Evidence of Excbange Rates, pag. 121

PROBLEMS
G. Pérez Sarrión, Hydraulic Policy and lrrigation Works in Spain in the Second Half of Eighteenth-Century, pag. 131

DEBATES
S.L. Engerman, The Atlantic Economy of the Eighteenth Century: Some Speculations on Economic Development in Britain America, Africa, and Elsewhere, pag. 141

REVIEW ARTICLES
Ch.-ch. Lai, Second Thoughts on Fernand Braudel's Civilization and Capitalism, pag. 177

Reviews of books, pag. 193
Books received, pag. 209

ARTICLES
L. De Rosa, Unity or Plurality? Italian Issuing Banks, 1861-1893, p. 453
Ch. J. French, London's Overseas Trade with Europe 1700-1775, p. 475
A. Mai Köll, Peasants in the World Market: Dairy Cooperatives in Estonia 1908-1936, p. 503
P.Th. Rooney, Hasburg Fiscal Policies in Portugal 1580-1640, p. 545

NOTES
R.L. Hopcroft, The Origins of Regular Open Field Systems in Pre-Industrial Europe, p. 563

PROBLEMS
Th. Brennan, The Anatomy of Inter-regional Markets, in the Early Modern French Wine Trade, p. 581

REVIEW ARTICLES
G. Krozewski, Rethinking British Imperialism, p. 619

DEBATES
B.W.E. Alford, Chandlerlism, the New Orthodoxy of U.S. and European Corporate Development, p. 631

Reviews of books, pag. 645
Books received, pag. 669

ARTICLES
W. Caferro, Mercenaries and Military Expenditure: The Costs of Undeclared Warfare in XIVth Centuty Siena, p. 219
I. Erceg, The Salt Trade on the East Coast of Dalmatia and Istria (XVII-XVIIIth Centuries), p. 249
B. M. Ratcliffe, Manufacturing in the Metropolis: The Dynamism and Dynamics of Parisian Industry in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, p. 263
J.S. Wheeler, English Financial Operations during the First Dutch War, 1652-54, p. 329

NOTES
A. Lykogiannis, The Early Post-War Greek Economy: from Liberation to the Truman Doctrine, p. 345

PROBLEMS
E.G. Glas, The Appropriation of the Triano-Somorrostro Mines: 1800-1880, p. 365

DEBATES
N. Sussman, Once More Unto the Breach: A Reply, p. 389

REWEW ARTICLES
C. Bitossi, Riches and Charity: the Duke and Duchess of Galliera, p. 397

Reviews of books, pag. 645
Books received, pag. 669

ARTICLES
F.W. Carter, Settlement and Population during Venetian Rule (1420-1797): Hvar Island, Croatia, pag. 7
D.E. H. Edgerton, British Industrial R. and D. 1900-1970, pag. 49
R. Fox, A. Guagnini, Starry Eyes and Harsh Realities: Education, Research, and the Electrical Engineer in Europe, 1880-1914, pag. 69
M. Humphreys, An Issue of Confidence: the Decline of the Irish Whiskey Industry in Independent Ireland, 1922-1952, pag. 93
M. Virén, A Note on Interest Rate Policy during the Great Depression, pag. 115

NOTES
R. J. Salvucci, The Real Exchange Rate of the Mexican Peso, 1762-1812. A Research Note and Estimates, pag. 131
J.L. Simon, Demographic Causes and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution, pag. 141

PROBLEMS
J. A. Hassan, A. Duncan, Integrating Energy: the Problems of Developing an Energy Policy in the European Communities, 1945-1980, pag.159

DEBATES
M. A. Romani, Regions in Italian History (XVth-XVIIth Centuries), pag. 177

Reviews of books, pag. 193
Books received, pag. 209

ARTICLES
J.M. Hobson, The Military-Extraction Gap and the Wary Titan: The Fiscal-Sociology of British Defence Policy 1870-1913, pag. 461
V. Ilardi, Renaissance Florence: The Optical Capital of the World, pag. 507
P. Massa Piergiovanni, Tecnological Typologies and Economic Organisation of Silk Workers in Italy, from the XIVth to XVIIIth Century, pag. 543
C. Trebilcock, Science, Technology and the Armaments Industry in the UK and Europe, 1880-1914, pag. 565
K. H. Waldow, The Rise and Decline of the Saltem. Rent-Seeking at its Best, pag. 581

NOTES
D.A. Browder, The GI Dollar and the Wirtschaftswunder, pag. 601

PROBLEMS
L.W. Eysturlid, "Where Everything is Weighed in the Scales of Material interest". Anglo-Turkish Trade, Piracy, and Diplomacy in the Mediterranean during the Jacobean Period, pag. 613

DEBATES
S. Zabon, The French Mint Production Debate: a New Approach, pag. 627

Reviews of books, pag. 651
Books received, pag. 659

ARTICLES
M. Çizakça, Tax-farming and Financial Decentralization in the Ottoman Economy, 1520-1697, pag. 219
H.G. Krueger, The Genoese Travelling Merchant in the Twelfth Century, pag. 251
S. Lazaretou, Monetary and Fiscal Policies in Greece: 1833-1914, pag. 285
M. Perlman, In Search of Monetaty Union, pag. 313

NOTES
P.Z. Grossman, Measurement and Assessment of Coal Consumption in Nineteenth-Century European Economies: A Note, pag. 333
G. Péteri, Reserve and 'vehicle currencies' in the financial structures of Hungary, 1924-1931, pag. 339

PROBLEMS
R. Brown, Cultivating a "Green" Image: Oil Companies and Outdoor publicity in Britain and Europe, 1920-1936, pag. 347
K. Howell, The role of the Bank for International Settlements in Central Bank Cooperation, pag. 367

REVIEW ARTICLES
C. D'Elia, Miracles and Mirages in the West German Economy: A Survey of the Literature of the 1980s, pag. 381

DEBATES
H.A. Miskimin, Once More Unto Breach, pag. 403

Reviews of books, pag. 185
Books received, pag. 201

ARTICLES
E.J.T. Collins, Why Wheat? Choice of Good Grains in Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, pag. 7
S.M. Eddie, I. Hutterer, I. Székely, Changes in the Social Distribution of Ownership of Large Properties on the Trianon Territory of Hungary, 1893-1935, pag. 30
G. Karras, Aggregate Demand and Supply Shoks in Europe: 1860-1987, patg. 79

NOTES
G. Beck, The Economic Exploitation of Man and Nature in the Production of Salt: the Case of the South-west German Salines in the XVIIIth-XIXth Centuries, pag. 99
Ch.-ch Lai, Fernand Braudel's "On History" in Retrospect, pag. 113

PROBLEMS
A. McCants, Consumer Behaviour in an Early Modern Dutch Orphanage: a Wealth of Choice, pag. 121

THE HISTORIANS
P. Mathias, Charles Wilson, 1914-1991: Retrospect for an Historian, pag. 143

DEBATES
A.G. Frank, B.K. Gills, World System Economic Cycles and Hegemonial Shift to Europe 100 BC to 1500 AD, pag. 155

Reviews of books, pag. 185
Books received, pag. 201

Peter Mathias, The Journal of European Economic History: Its first twenty years (1972 - 1992)

Introduction, pag. 441
PART I: THE CONTEST, pag. 453
PART II: THE CONTENTS, pag. 479
TABLES

APPENDIX

Costanza D'Elia, Cumulative index of Articles and Book Reviews (1972 - 1992)

ARTICLES
A.M. Endres, Adam Smith's Treatment of Historical Evidence as Illustrated from the Theory of Investment Priorities, pag. 217
R. Romani, Policy Issues and Patriotism in Italian Economic Thought, 1815-1861, pag. 231
R. W. Unger, Technical Change in the Brewing Industry in Germany, the Low Countries and England in the Late Middle Ages, pag. 281

NOTES
B. Kuhn, Public Welfare and Labour Mobility: the Case of Britain (1349-1834), Prussia (1696-1871), and Switzerland (1848-1975), pag. 315
D.C. Wellington, The Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786, pag. 325

PROBLEMS
G. Anderson, R.B. Ekelund jr, R.E. Hebert, R.D. Tollison, An Economic Interpretation of the Medieval Crusades, pag. 339
G. Schrank, Crossroad of the North: Protoindustrialization in the Orkney Islands, 1730-1840, pag. 365

THE HISTORIANS
The Jeeh, Shepard Bancroft Clough, pag. 389

DEBATES
L. Timar, Regional Economic and Social History or Historical Geography?, pag. 391

Reviews of books, pag. 407
Books received, pag. 421

ARTICLES
N.R. Bennett, The Vignerons of the Douro and the Peninsular War, pag. 7
P.E. Petrakis, H. Panorios, Economic Fluctuations in Greece: 1844-1913, pag. 31
T. Rooth, The Political Economy of Protectionism in Britain, 1919-1932, pag. 47

NOTES
M.M. Cosgel, Risk Sharing in Medieval Agriculture, pag. 99
R. Grimm, The Austro-German Relationship, pag. 111

PROBLEMS
N. Valério, Some Remarks about Growth and Stagnation in the Mediterranean World in the XIXth and XXth Centuries, pag. 121
D. Greasley, The Market for South Wales Coal 1874-1913, pag. 135
N.M. Wijnberg, The Industrial Revolution and Industrial Economics, pag. 153

DEBATES
D. Loschky, New Perspectives on Seven Centuries of Real Wages, pag. 169

Reviews of books, pag. 187
Books received, pag. 291

ARTICLES
P. Clavin, The World Economic Conference 1933: The Failure of British Internationalism, pag. 489
Q. Fremdling, The Puddler. A Craftsmen's Skill and the Spread of a New Technology in Belgium, France and Germany, pag. 529
F. Williams, Monetary Institutions in Agenais from the Establishment to the Disappearance of the Agen Mint, pag. 569

NOTES
P.L. Syklos, Fiscal Policy and Inflationary Expectations: the Hungarian Tax Pengö Experiment of 1946, pag. 615

PROBLEMS
F. Devoto, Indian Emigrants and Argentine Society. Problems of Models and Sources, pag. 629

RESEARCH TRENDS
Ch, Tilly, L. Tilly, R. Tilly, European Economic and Social History in the 1990s, pag. 645

DEBATES
H.A. Miskimin, Missing Bullion or Missing Documents: A Rejoinder, pag. 673
N. Sussman, A Reply, pag. 677

Reviews of books, pag. 693
Books received, pag. 711

ARTICLES
G. Balachandran, Gold and Empire: Britain and India in the Great Depression, pag. 239
H. Kiesewetter, Competition for Wealth and Power. The Growing Rivalry between Industrial Britain and Industrial Germany 1815-1914, pag. 271
H. Root, Privilege and the Regulation of the Eighteenth-Century French Trades, pag. 301

NOTES
T.P. Barbiero, Agriculture, Demand and Industrial Growth in Lombardy, 1861-1914, pag. 349
Ch-ch. Lai, Types of Economic Ideas in Late Imperial China and the Role of western Thought, pag. 365

PROBLEMS
R. Burt, M. Timbell, Multiple Products and The Economics of the Mining Industries: The Case of Arsenic Production in South West England, 1850-1914, pag. 379
P. Scholliers, Index-Linked Wages, Purchasing Power and Social Conflict Between the Wars: the Belgian Approach (Internationally Compared), pag. 407

DEBATES
P. Lains, J. Reis, Portuguese Economic Growth, 1833-1985: Some Doubts, pag. 441
A.B. Nunes, E. Mata, N. Valério, Portuguese Economic Growth 1833-1985: Some Comments, p. 455

Reviews of books, pag. 459
Books received, pag. 473

ARTICLES
G.J. Ames, The Carreira da India, 1668-1682: Maritime Enterprise and the Quest for Stability in Portugal's Asian Empire, pag. 7
S. Faroqhi, The Fieldglass and the Magniying Lens: Studies of ottoman Crafts and Craftsmen, pag. 29
S. Howson, The Problem of Monetary Control in Britain, 1948-51, pag. 59
G.J. Svoboda, The Foreign Trade of Fifteenth-Century Bohemia, pag. 93

NOTES
J. neumann, Economic Aspects of the British Decision to Send a Naval Force to the Baltic Early in 1801, pag. 125
V. Zamagni, Industrial Wages and Worker's Protest in Italy during the "Biennio Rosso" (1919-1920), pag. 137

PROBLEMS
G. Hammersley, The Effect of Technical Change in the British Copper Industry Between the Sixteenth and the Eighteenth Centuries, pag. 155
R.A. Horvath, Population Theories in Hungary in the Late XVIIIth Century, pag. 175
A.P. Papadopulos, An Interpretation of Post-War Stabilization Policies in the Greek Economy: 1953-1981, pag. 187

Reviews of books, pag. 207
Books received, pag. 223