| List of Illustrations | |
| List of Tables | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| List of Abbreviations | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | Peasants, Historians, and Economic Growth | 12 |
| Ch. 2 | Common Rights and the Village Community | 21 |
| Ch. 3 | Labor Markets, Rental Markets, and Credit in the Local Economy | 35 |
| Ch. 4 | Agricultural Productivity in France, 1450-1789 | 81 |
| Ch. 5 | Explaining Productivity in a Traditional Economy | 143 |
| Ch. 6 | Conclusion | 193 |
| Appendix A: The Methods and Sources Used with the Notre Dame Sample | 206 |
| Appendix B: Measuring TFP with Other Samples of Leases | 238 |
| Appendix C: The Economics of Urban Fertilizer | 266 |
| Appendix D: Hedonic Wage Regressions | 268 |
| Notes | 273 |
| Sources and Bibliography | 345 |
| Index | 355 |
