Introduction
1. The rise of the great industries of Western Europe
i. Iron and Steel
ii. Engineering
iii. Coal
iv. Textiles
v. Chemicals
2. An eighteenth century approach. The Anglo-French Commercial Treaty of 1786
3. International co-operation in the nineteenth century
i. Slave trade
ii. Opium trade
iii. Arms and liquor
iv. Fisheries
v. Sugar
vi. Agriculture
vii. Currencies and Gold Standard
viii. Health
ix. Communications
x. International Cartels
5. Customs unions in the nineteenth century
i. National Common Markets
ii. The German Customs Unions
6. International co-operation after two World Wars
i. 1919-1939
ii. 1945-50
7. The Genesis of the Common Market
i. The Coal and Steel Community
ii. The Economic Community
Biography
W.O. Henderson






