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Book SynopsisSetting European economic development within a unified, comparative and genuinely pan-European framework, this textbook surveys the transition to modern economic growth since 1700. Leading authors cover the major themes of modern economic history and compare economic development across countries in a clear and comprehensible way.
Trade Review'The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe shows the power of economics to illuminate history. It adopts a continental standpoint that emphasizes the dominant patterns of European development as well as providing a comparative context that highlights national differences. The volume synthesizes the research of historical economists and growth theorists. The combination leads to a more profound understanding of the causes of economic success and failure than was previously available. This seriously good book is the first thing to read if you want to understand the economic history of Europe.' Robert C. Allen, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Nuffield College
'The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe is well launched by this collective tour de force. This compendium is modern both in its subject matter and in its thoroughly up-to-date scholarship. The contributing authors have succeeded in distilling an often technical literature into an undergraduate-friendly interpretive synthesis.' Peter H. Lindert, University of California, Davis
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Aggregate Growth and Cycles: 1. Understanding growth in Europe, 1700–1870: theory and evidence Joel Mokyr and Hans-Joachim Voth; 2. The demographic transition and human capital George Alter and Gregory Clark; 3. State and private institutions Dan Bogart, Mauricio Drelichman, Oscar Gelderblom and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal; 4. Trade and empire Kevin H. O'Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Guillaume Daudin; 5. Business cycles Lee Craig and Concepción García-Iglesias; Part II. Sectoral Analysis: 6. Agriculture Tracy Dennison and James Simpson; 7. Industry Stephen Broadberry, Rainer Fremdling and Peter Solar; 8. The services sector Regina Grafe, Larry Neal and Richard W. Unger; Part III. Living Standards: 9. Standards of living Şevket Pamuk and Jan Luiten Van Zanden; 10. Urbanization Paolo Malanima; 11. Europe in an Asian mirror: the Great Divergence Bishnupriya Gupta and Debin Ma.
