The Cambridge economic history of modern Europe
By: Stephen Broadberry, Kevin O'Rourke.
Contributors: O'Rourke, Kevin H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521882026
Subjects: Europe -- Economic history
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.

"Setting European economic development within a unified, comparative and genuinely pan-European framework, this textbook surveys the transition to modern economic growth since 1700. Leading authors cover the major themes of modern economic history and compare economic development across countries in a clear and comprehensible way"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: V. 1. 1700-1870; title: Machine generated contents note: 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 Derlichman, Oscar GELDERBLOM and Jean-Laurent ROSENTHAL; 4. Trade and empire Kevin O'ROURKE, LEANDRO PRADOS de la ESCOSURA AND Guillaume Daudin; 5. Business cycles Lee Craig and CONCEPTIÓN 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 Şevket Pamluk and Jan Luiten Van Zanden; 10. Urbanisation Paolo Malanima; 11. Europe in an Asian mirror: the Great Divergence BISHNUPRIYA Gupta and Debin Ma.