acknowledgements vii
editor’s introduction 1
{ensp}1 aurelio bernardi
The Economic Problems of the Roman Empire at the Time of its Decline 16
{ensp}2 m. i. finley
Manpower and the Fall of Rome 84
{ensp}3 charles diehl
The Economic Decay of Byzantium 92
{ensp}4 bernard lewis
The Arabs in Eclipse 102
{ensp}5 jaime vicens vives
The Decline of Spain in the Seventeenth Century 121
{ensp}6 J. H. ELLIOTT
The Decline of Spain 168
{ensp}7 carlo m. cipolla
The Economic Decline of Italy 196
{ensp}8 bernard lewis
Some Reflections on the Decline of the Ottoman Empire 215
{ensp}9 c. r. boxer
The Dutch Economic Decline 235
10 ping-ti-ho
Economic and Institutional Factors in the Decline of the Chinese Empire 264
appendix 278
bibliography 279
Biography
Cipolla, Carlo M.
