{"product_id":"the-cambridge-economic-history-of-the-modern-world-volume-1-1700-to-1870-paperback-softback-9781316612248","title":"The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World: Volume 1, 1700 to 1870 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781316612248","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World: Volume 1, 1700 to 1870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world from 1700 to 1870.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Broadberry (Edited by), Kyoji Fukao (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316612248, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e514 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.1 x 2.6 cm, 0.75 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World is a set of top-quality chapters and authors. … In a time of renewed grand views of world development, looking for major theories of why the West became richer than the rest of the world, this first volume provides, in a compact format, the best that the economic history of the world that witnessed the Industrial Revolution has to offer.' Albert Carreras, EH.net (Economic History Association)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World traces the emergence of modern economic growth in eighteenth century Britain and its spread across the globe. Focusing on the period from 1700 to 1870, a team of leading experts in economic history offer a series of regional studies from around the world, as well as thematic analyses of key factors governing the differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy. Topics covered include population and human development, capital and technology, geography and institutions, living standards and inequality, international flows of trade and labour, the international monetary system, and war and empire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to Volume I Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Regional Developments: 1. Britain, the industrial revolution and modern economic growth Stephen Broadberry\u003cbr\u003e 2. Continental Europe Giovanni Federico and Andrei Markevich\u003cbr\u003e 3. Tokugawa Japan and the foundations of modern economic growth in Asia Masaki Nakabayashi\u003cbr\u003e 4. China: the start of the great divergence Christopher Isett\u003cbr\u003e 5. From the Mughals to the Raj: India 1700–1858 Anand V. Swamy\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sustainable development in South East Asia Jean-Pascal Bassino\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1870 Şevket Pamuk\u003cbr\u003e 8. The economic history of North America, 1700–1870 Joshua L. Rosenbloom\u003cbr\u003e 9. Latin America: 1700–1870 Regina Grafe\u003cbr\u003e 10. Africa: slavery and the world economy, 1700–1870 Patrick Manning\u003cbr\u003e 11. Australia: geography and institutions David Meredith\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Factors Governing Differential Outcomes in the Global Economy: 12. Population and human development since 1700 Osamu Saito and Romola Davenport\u003cbr\u003e 13. Proximate sources of growth: capital and technology, 1700–1870 Alessandro Nuvolari and Masayuki Tanimoto\u003cbr\u003e 14. Underlying sources of growth: first and second nature geography Paul Caruana-Galizia, Tomoko Hashino and Max-Stephan Schulze\u003cbr\u003e 15. Institutions John Joseph Wallis\u003cbr\u003e 16. Consequences of growth: living standards, inequality and consumption Jan Luiten van Zanden, Bas van Leeuwen and Yi Xu\u003cbr\u003e 17. International transactions: real trade and factor flows Wolfgang Keller, Markus Lampe and Carol H. Shiue\u003cbr\u003e 18. Monetary systems and the global balance of payments adjustment in the pre-gold standard period, 1700–1870 Rui Esteves and Pilar Nogues-Marco\u003cbr\u003e 19. War and empire, 1700–1870 Philip T. 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