The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World
Volume 1. 1700 to 1870
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- Stephen Broadberry, University of Oxford
- Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
- Date Published: August 2021
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107159457
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The first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World traces the emergence of modern economic growth in eighteenth century Britain and its spread across the globe. Focusing on the period from 1700 to 1870, a team of leading experts in economic history offer a series of regional studies from around the world, as well as thematic analyses of key factors governing the differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy. Topics covered include population and human development, capital and technology, geography and institutions, living standards and inequality, international flows of trade and labour, the international monetary system, and war and empire.
Read more- Provides a global perspective on the emergence of modern economic growth
- Highlights the range of economic outcomes across both space and time
- Considers the causes and consequences of growth and development
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‘The first volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World is a set of top-quality chapters and authors. … In a time of renewed grand views of world development, looking for major theories of why the West became richer than the rest of the world, this first volume provides, in a compact format, the best that the economic history of the world that witnessed the Industrial Revolution has to offer.’ Albert Carreras, EH.net (Economic History Association)
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- Date Published: August 2021
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107159457
- length: 512 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 157 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.91kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
Introduction to Volume I Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao
Part I. Regional Developments:
1. Britain, the industrial revolution and modern economic growth Stephen Broadberry
2. Continental Europe Giovanni Federico and Andrei Markevich
3. Tokugawa Japan and the foundations of modern economic growth in Asia Masaki Nakabayashi
4. China: the start of the great divergence Christopher Isett
5. From the Mughals to the Raj: India 1700–1858 Anand V. Swamy
6. Sustainable development in South East Asia Jean-Pascal Bassino
7. The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1870 Şevket Pamuk
8. The economic history of North America, 1700–1870 Joshua L. Rosenbloom
9. Latin America:
1700–1870 Regina Grafe
10. Africa: slavery and the world economy, 1700–1870 Patrick Manning
11. Australia: geography and institutions David Meredith
Part II. Factors Governing Differential Outcomes in the Global Economy:
12. Population and human development since 1700 Osamu Saito and Romola Davenport
13. Proximate sources of growth: capital and technology, 1700–1870 Alessandro Nuvolari and Masayuki Tanimoto
14. Underlying sources of growth: first and second nature geography Paul Caruana-Galizia, Tomoko Hashino and Max-Stephan Schulze
15. Institutions John Joseph Wallis
16. Consequences of growth: living standards, inequality and consumption Jan Luiten van Zanden, Bas van Leeuwen and Yi Xu
17. International transactions: real trade and factor flows Wolfgang Keller, Markus Lampe and Carol H. Shiue
18. Monetary systems and the global balance of payments adjustment in the pre-gold standard period, 1700–1870 Rui Esteves and Pilar Nogues-Marco
19. War and empire, 1700–1870 Philip T. Hoffman and Tirthankar Roy.
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