Põhjalik ja laiaulatuslik ülevaade põllumajandusökonoomika ajaloost Euroopas ning uurijatest ja nende teooriatest.

«A unique achievement of impressive weight and lasting value. Here, for the first time, a work on doctrinal history which covers the whole of Europe is presented... For the first time we get a comprehensive picture of the reciprocal influences of the European doctrines, chronologically, linguistically and geographically.»

Professor Nils Westermarck, the President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists