The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present

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 organized by topic rather than by country. This second volume tracks Europe's economic history through three major phases since 1870. The first phase was an age of globalization and of European economic and political dominance that lasted until the First World War. The second, from 1914 to 1945, was one of war, deglobalization, and depression and the third was one of growing integration not only within Europe but also between Europe and the global economy. Leading authors offer comprehensive and accessible introductions to these patterns of globalization and deglobalization as well as to key themes in modern economic history such as economic growth, business cycles, sectoral developments, and population and living standards.

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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 Grda, 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

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Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick and a co-ordinator of the Economic History Initiative at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research. His recent publications include The Economics of World War I (2005, as co-editor) and Market Services and the Productivity Race, 1850-2000: Britain in International Perspective (2006). Kevin O'Rourke is Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and a co-organiser of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research's Economic History Initiative. His recent publications include The International Trading System, Globalization and History, 2 volumes, (as editor, 2005) and Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (2007, with Ronald Findlay).

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Introduction; Part I. Before the First World War: 1. Globalization, 1870-1914 Guillaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O'Rourke; 2. Aggregate growth, 1870-1914: growing at the production frontier Albert Carreras and Camilla Josephson; 3. Sectoral developments, 1870-1914 Stephen Broadberry, Giovanni Federico and Alexander Klein; 4. Business cycles, 1870-1914 Marc Flandreau, Juan Flores, Clemens Jobst and David Khoudour-Casteras; 5. Population and living standards, 1870-1914 Carol Leonard and Jonas Ljungberg; Part II. The World Wars and the Interwar Period: 6. War and disintegration, 1914-1950 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison; 7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914-1945 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann; 8. Aggregate growth, 1913-1950 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf; 9. Sectoral developments, 1914-1945 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek; 10. Population and living standards, 1914-1945 Robert Millward and Joerg Baten; Part III. From the Second World War to the Present: 11. The economic impact of European integration Barry Eichengreen and Andrea Boltho; 12. Aggregate growth, 1950-2005 Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo; 13. Sectoral developments, 1945-2000 Stefan Houpt, Pedro Lains and Lennart Schn; 14. Business cycles and economic policy, 1945-2007 Stefano Battilossi, James Foreman-Peck and Gerhard Kling; 15. Population and living standards, 1945-2005 Dudley Baines, Neil Cummins and Max-Stephan Schulze.

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