Part I: Growth of national incomes / W.A. Cole and Phyllis Deane -- World population, 1800-1950 / D.V. Glass and E. Grebenik -- Opening up of new territories / A.J. Youngson -- Transport / L. Girard -- Technological change and development in Western Europe, 1750-1914 / David S. Landes -- Part II: Transformation of European agriculture / Folke Dovring -- Industrialization in the United States / Douglass North -- Agrarian policies and industrialization: Russia, 1861-1917 / A. Gerschenkron -- Industrialization of Russia / Roger Portal -- Industrialization of the Far East / G.C. Allen