Preface, List of Tables, List of Maps, Plate, and Charts, Abbreviations, INTRODUCTION, CHAPTER I. THE EuRoPEAN EcoNOMY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, PART ONE DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS, PART TWO SINEWS OF GROWTH: CREDIT AND TRANSPORT, PART THREE CASE HISTORIES OF DEVELOPMENT AND DISAPPOINTMENT, PART FOUR EPILOGUE AND CONCLUSION, Appendix A. Estimates of National Wealth and Income in France, 1789-1914, Appendix B. Elements of the French International Accounts, 1815-1914, Appendix C. Estimates of French Foreign Investments, A Note on Sources, List of Works Cited, Index