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Author:   Stephen Broadberry (University of Oxford) ,  Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.80cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.040kg
ISBN:  

9781107159488

ISBN 10:   1107159482
Pages:   572
Publication Date:   24 June 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction to Volume II Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao; Part I. Regional Developments: 1. North America: the rise of US technological and economic leadership Paul W. Rhode; 2. Western Europe: convergence and divergence Paul Sharp; 3. The socialist experiment and beyond: the economic development of Eastern Europe from 1870 to the present Tracy Dennison and Alexander Klein; 4. Japan: modern economic growth in Asia Kyoji Fukao and Tokihiko Settsu; 5. Economic change in China: the role of institutions and ideology Debin Ma; 6. From free trade to regulation: the political economy of India's development since 1858 Bishnupriya Gupta; 7. Growth and globalisation phases in South East Asian development since the late nineteenth century Gregg Huff; 8. The Middle East: decline and resurgence in West Asia Mohamed Saleh; 9. Latin America: stalled catching-up Pablo Astorga and Alfonso Herranz-Loncán; 10. African economic development: growth, reversals, and deep transitions Ewout Frankema; 11. Australia: prosperity, relative decline and reorientation Gary B. Magee; Part II. Factors Governing Differential Outcomes in the Global Economy: 12. Healthy, literate, and smart: the global increase in human capital since 1870 Latika Chaudhary and Peter Lindert; 13. Proximate sources of growth: capital and technology since 1870 Rajabrata Banerjee, Robert Inklaar and Herman de Jong; 14. Underlying sources of growth: first and second nature geography Paul Caruana-Galizia, Toshihiro Okubo and Nikolaus Wolf; 15. Underlying sources of growth: institutions and the state James Foreman-Peck and Leslie Hannah; 16. Living standards, inequality and human development Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Myung Soo Cha; 17. Trade and immigration David S. Jacks and John P. Tang; 18. International finance, 1870–2010 Barry Eichengreen and Rui Esteves; 19. Warfare and empire Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner.

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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 O Grada, Professor of Economics, 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, Philipp Golden Bartlett Professor of Economic History, Yale University Fifteen papers provide a unified economic history of modern Europe from 1870 to the present. -Journal of Economic Literature I strongly recommend this book to readers. It is first a magnificent, unequalled introduction to European economic history. Furthermore it is a plea for the development of not only comparative but also quantitative economic history. It is finally a splendid synthesis exercise, which aims at presenting a cultured audience with the lessons drawn from advanced research in the field of historical economics and/or econometric history devoted to Europe from the eighteenth century to the present day, using clear and understandable terms. -EH.Net 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, Professor of Economics, University of California, Davis

Author Information

Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has been Managing Editor of the Economic History Review and also the European Review of Economic History and President of the Economic History Society and the European Historical Economics Society. Kyoji Fukao is President of the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) and Specially Appointed Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. He has been President of the Asian Historical Economics Society and has published widely on Japanese and global economic history.

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