The Making of the Modern World is the online version of Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature 1450-1850. It provides digital facsimile images of every page of 61,000 works of literature on economic and business published from 1450 through 1850. This vast, well-known collection includes material on commerce, finance, social conditions, politics, trade and transport. CUNY has a trial until October 15.