The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 18: The Wealth of Nations

DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

A New Demographic Era
Profit Inflation: The Movement of Prices
Protoindustrialization

THE NEW SHAPE OF INDUSTRY

Toward a New Economic Order
The Roots of Economic Transformation in England
Cotton: The Beginning of Industrialization

INNOVATION AND TRADITION IN AGRICULTURE

Convertible Husbandry
The Enclosure Movement in Britain
Serfs and Peasants on the Continent

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EMPIRES

Mercantile and Naval Competition
The Profits of Global Commerce
Slavery, the Foundation of Empire
Mounting Colonial Conflicts
The Great War for Empire
The British Foothold in India