The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, 1700–1870

Surveying the transition to modern economic growth since 1700, this textbook sets European economic development within a pan-European framework.

Stephen Broadberry (Author), Kevin H. O'Rourke (Author)

9780521708388, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 June 2010

344 pages, 2 maps 55 tables
24.7 x 17.4 x 1.6 cm, 0.68 kg

'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

Unlike most 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 the material organised by topic rather than by country. This 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. 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 volume covers the major themes of modern economic history, including trade; urbanization; aggregate economic growth; the major sectors of agriculture, industry and services; and the development of living standards, including the distribution of income. The quantitative approach makes use of modern economic analysis in a way that is easy for students to understand.

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.

Subject Areas: Economic history [KCZ], Economics [KC], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], European history [HBJD]