{"product_id":"the-productivity-race-british-manufacturing-in-international-perspective-1850-1990-paperback-9780521023580","title":"The Productivity Race; British Manufacturing in International Perspective, 1850–1990 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521023580","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Productivity Race\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBritish Manufacturing in International Perspective, 1850–1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book provides a detailed comparative reassessment of British performance in manufacturing since 1850.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteve N. Broadberry (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521023580, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 November 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e480 pages, 228 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.71 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'This book … should be a major souce of reference for researchers.' S. Srinivasan, University of Southampton\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book is a reassessment of British performance in manufacturing since 1850 in the light of new evidence on international comparisons of productivity. Using a novel analytical framework of technological evolution, Stephen Broadberry uncovers new ways of looking at Britain's relative economic decline while debunking a number of misapprehensions regarding the nature and causes of the decline. It analyses productivity levels in Britain, the United States and Germany and provides detailed case studies of all the major manufacturing industries, broken down into three periods: 1850–1914, 1914–50 and 1950–90. Broadberry offers a wide coverage of industries, with invaluable country-specific information. By combining a multitude of detailed productivity measurements with qualitative industrial and business history, he provides a major contribution to our understanding of British economic performance over the last 150 years.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction and overview\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Measuring Comparative Productivity Performance: 2. International comparisons of productivity in manufacturing: benchmark estimates by industry\u003cbr\u003e 3. Labour productivity in aggregate manufacturing: Britain, the United States and Germany\u003cbr\u003e 4. Extending the picture: manufacturing productivity in other industrialised countries\u003cbr\u003e 5. Manufacturing and the whole economy\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Explaining Comparative Productivity Performance: 6. Technology\u003cbr\u003e 7. Economic geography: markets and natural resources\u003cbr\u003e 8. Accumulation of physical and human capital\u003cbr\u003e 9. Competition and adjustment\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Reassessing the Performance of British Industry: 10. The rise of competition from abroad, 1850–1914\u003cbr\u003e 11. War and depression, 1914–50\u003cbr\u003e 12. Changing markets and technology, 1950–90\u003cbr\u003e 13. Concluding comments\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Labour economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Labour economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Labour%20economics%20%5BKCF%5D%22\"\u003eKCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003648856344,"sku":"9780521023580","price":46.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521023580i.jpg?v=1694963656","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-productivity-race-british-manufacturing-in-international-perspective-1850-1990-paperback-9780521023580","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}