B. R. Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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• Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 1860–1950: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 1860–1945: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939–80; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.

B. R. Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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• Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction: growth and development in the long run; 2. Agriculture, 1860–1950: land, labour and capital; 3. Trade and manufacture, 1860–1945: firms, markets and the colonial state; 4. The state and the economy, 1939–80; 5. Breaking the mould? Economic growth since 1980; Index.