Publicado 03-09-2010
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.
• Sets European economic development within a comparative, pan-European framework with material organised by topic rather than by country
• Numerous charts and tables to make the subject accessible to both history and economics students • Each chapter is written by an international team of historians and economists who are experts in their field
• Focusing on major themes and the key sectors of agriculture, industry and services, the book covers everything the student needs to know about the economic history of the period
• Cross-referencing between chapters and volumes highlights links between countries and themes
Contents
Volume 1: Part I. Aggregate Growth and Cycles; Part II. Sectorial Analysis; Part III. Living Standards; Volume 2: Part I. Before the First World War; Part II. The World Wars and the Interwar Period; Part III. From the Second World War to the Present.
Reviews
'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.
'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.
'This ambitious and timely book is something quite new: a multi-authored undergraduate economic history text that is resolutely pan-European in its approach. The promiscuous presence of so many nation-states in virtually every chapter is very exciting. The outcome - an explicitly comparative and interdisciplinary analysis (with lots of elementary and intermediate economics) by three dozen of the best practitioners in the field - is a resounding success.' Cormac Ó Gráda, University College Dublin.
'Earlier economic histories of Europe were organized by country, which left the reader unable to see linkages between national economies or to appreciate how the several national economies differed or were similar. This very fine treatment is thus long overdue. The editors have organized a large, talented team of specialist scholars to create a coherent, up-to-date treatment. This work will quickly find a place in both teaching and research.' Timothy W. Guinnane, Yale University.
'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.
Contributors
Joel Mokyr, Hans-Joachim Voth, George Alter, Gregory Clark, Dan Bogart, Mauricio Derlichman, Oscar Gelderblom, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Kevin O'Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Guillaume Daudin, Lee Craig, Conceptión García-Iglesias, Tracy Dennison, James Simpson, Stephen Broadberry, Rainer Fremdling, Peter Solar, Regina Grafe, Larry Neal, Richard W. Unger, Şevket Pamluk, Jan Luiten Van Zanden, Paolo Malanima, Bishnupriya Gupta, Debin Ma, Guillaume Daudin, Matthias Morys, Kevin O'Rourke, Albert Carreras, Camilla Josephson, Stephen Broadberry, Giovanni Federico, Alexander Klein, Marc Flandreau, Juan Flores, Clemens Jobst, David Khoudour-Casteras, Carol Leonard, Jonas Ljungberg, Jari Eloranta, Mark Harrison, Albrecht Ritschl, Tobias Straumann, Joan Roses, Nikolaus Wolf, Erik Buyst, Piotr Franaszek, Robert Millward, Joerg Baten, Andrea Boltho, Barry Eichengreen, Nicholas Crafts, Gianni Toniolo, Stefan Houpt, Pedro Lains, Lennart Schön, Stefano Battilossi, James Foreman-Peck, Gerhard Kling, Dudley Baines, Neil Cummins, Max-Stephan Schulze.
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