Economic history is studied based on concepts such as Merchantilism, Physiocracy, Classism, Marxism, Keynesianism, and so on. There are important people involved in this conceptual framework, such as Petty, Quesney, Smith, Marx, Keynes, and so on. Rima manages to take this simple history and create something far more complicated than necessary, and at times, incoherently pedantic. For example, Rima tries to explain derivation of a demand curve AND Hick's optimum conditions in 13 pages. Get real! Rather than issue a prolegomenon (Rima's word, page 202), I will make a suggestion: if this book is required reading for a college course, throw it away, and purchase Stanley L. Brue's excellent, coherent, and well-edited book, 'The Evolution of Economic Thought' (sixth edition). Brue's book is pricey, but you will actually learn something useful and interesting, and you might get from Quesnay to Keynes in 10 weeks without killing yourself!