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List of illustrations; 1. Introduction: concepts of continuity andchange in history Peter Burke; 2. The environment and the economy Eric L.Jones; 3. Industry William N. Parker; 4. Population Jacques Dupaquier; 5.Peasants Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie; 6. Bureaucracy G. E. Aylmer; 7. WarfareGeoffrey Parker; 8. Revolution Victor G. Kiernan; 9. The scientificrevolution Peter M. Heimann; 10. Social thought and social science WilliamOuthwaite; 11. Religion and secularisation Peter Burke; 12. On the last 2,500years in western history, and some remarks on the coming 500 Johan Galtung;Index.