The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe 2 Volume Hardback Set

Surveying the transition to modern economic growth since 1700, these textbooks set European economic development within a pan-European framework.

Stephen Broadberry (Edited by), Kevin H. O'Rourke (Edited by)

9780521199179, Cambridge University Press

, published 24 June 2010

848 pages
25.4 x 18 x 4.5 cm, 1.92 kg

'The first unified economic history of Modern Europe provides a wide-angle perspective on an epic process of development that transcends national boundaries. Academics, students, policymakers and interested readers will turn to the essays by leading experts in the field for many years to come.' Alan M. Taylor, University of California, Davis

Unlike existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with material organised by topic rather than by country. The first volume is centred on the transition to modern economic growth, which first occurred in Britain before spreading to other parts of western Europe by 1870, whilst the second tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases since 1870. Each chapter is written by an international team of authors who cover the three major regions of northern Europe, southern Europe, and central and eastern Europe. The two volumes together provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the key themes in modern economic history from trade, urbanisation, economic growth and business cycles to sectoral developments, and population and living standards.

Volume 1: Introduction
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 ?evket Pamuk and Jan Luiten Van Zanden
10. Urbanization Paolo Malanima
11. Europe in an Asian mirror: the Great Divergence Bishnupriya Gupta and Debin Ma. Volume 2: Introduction
Part I. Before the First World War: 1. Globalization, 1870–1914 Guillaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke
2. Aggregate growth, 1870–1914: growing at the production frontier Albert Carreras and Camilla Josephson
3. Sectoral developments, 1870–1914 Stephen Broadberry, Giovanni Federico and Alexander Klein
4. Business cycles, 1870–1914 Marc Flandreau, Juan Flores, Clemens Jobst and David Khoudour-Casteras
5. Population and living standards, 1870–1914 Carol Leonard and Jonas Ljungberg
Part II. The World Wars and the Interwar Period: 6. War and disintegration, 1914–50 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison
7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914–45 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann
8. Aggregate growth, 1913–50 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf
9. Sectoral developments, 1914–45 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek
10. Population and living standards, 1914–45 Robert Millward and Joerg Baten
Part III. From the Second World War to the Present: 11. The economic impact of European integration Barry Eichengreen and Andrea Boltho
12. Aggregate growth, 1950–2005 Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo
13. Sectoral developments, 1945–2000 Stefan Houpt, Pedro Lains and Lennart Schön
14. Business cycles and economic policy, 1945–2007 Stefano Battilossi, James Foreman-Peck and Gerhard Kling
15. Population and living standards, 1945–2005 Dudley Baines, Neil Cummins and Max-Stephan Schulze.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], 21st century history: from c 2000 - [HBLX], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]