Covering economic history beginning from prehistoric times and offering introductions to both economic history and economic development, this work explores the fundamental and highly topical question of why some nations have become rich and others have not.



This is the fourth edition of this successful textbook, which was first written by Rondo Cameron (the third edition having published in 1997). As with previous editions, the book covers economic history from pre-history to the present. It offers an introduction to the study of both economic history and economic development.