1. Towns and economic growth: some theories and problems
2. Economic growth and towns in classical antiquity
3. Chinese cities since the Sung dynasty.
4. The origins of the medieval town patriciate.
5. Urban growth and family structure in medieval Genoa
6. The distribution of wealth in a renaissance community: Florence 1427.
7. Urban decay in late-medieval England.
8. Capitalism, mobility and class formation in the early modern German city.
9. A simple model of London's importance in changing English society and economy 1650-1750.
10. Towns and economic growth in eighteenth-century England.
11. Aspects of urbanization and economic development in Germany 1815-1914.
12. Parasite or stimulus: the town in a pre-industrial economy.