The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-70838-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 595 g

Reihe: The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broadberry, Stephen

O'Rourke, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 Drelichman, Oscar Gelderblom and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal; 4. Trade and empire Kevin H. O'Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Guillaume Daudin; 5. Business cycles Lee Craig and Concepción 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 Sevket Pamuk and Jan Luiten Van Zanden; 10. Urbanization Paolo Malanima; 11. Europe in an Asian mirror: the Great Divergence Bishnupriya Gupta and Debin Ma.

Über Autor(innen)

O'Rourke, Kevin
Kevin O'Rourke is Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and a co-organiser of the CEPR'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).

Broadberry, Stephen
Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick and a Co-ordinator of the Economic History Initiative at CEPR. 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).