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).

'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

• 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, 1914–50 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison; 7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914–45 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann; 8. Aggregate growth, 1913–50 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf; 9. Sectoral developments, 1914–45 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek; 10. Population and living standards, 1914–45 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 Schön; 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.

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).

'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

• 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, 1914–50 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison; 7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914–45 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann; 8. Aggregate growth, 1913–50 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf; 9. Sectoral developments, 1914–45 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek; 10. Population and living standards, 1914–45 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 Schön; 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.

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).

'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

• 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, 1914–50 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison; 7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914–45 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann; 8. Aggregate growth, 1913–50 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf; 9. Sectoral developments, 1914–45 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek; 10. Population and living standards, 1914–45 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 Schön; 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.