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CAMBRIDGE The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain 2004 Edition by Roderick Floud, Paul Johnson
The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain provides a readable and comprehensive survey of the economic history of Britain since industrialisation, based on the most up-to-date research into the subject. Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson have assembled a team of fifty leading scholars from around the world to produce a set of volumes which are both a lucid textbook for students and an authoritative guide to the subject. The text pays particular attention to the explanation of quantitative and theory-based enquiry, but all forms of historical research are used to provide a comprehensive account of the development of the British economy. Volume II examines the period 1860-1939 when British economic power was at its height. It will be an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students in history, economics and other social sciences. Table of contents :- Introduction Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson; 1. Long run growth Nicholas Crafts; 2. Population and regional development, 1840-1940 Dudley Baines and Robert Woods; 3. Human capital and skills Stephen Broadberry; 4. Manufacturing and technological change Gary B. Magee; 5. The service sector Mark Thomas; 6. Agriculture 1860-1914 Michael Turner; 7. Trade 1870-1939: from globalisation to fragmentation C. Knick Harley; 8. Foreign investment, accumulation and empire, 1860-1914 Michael Edelstein; 9. Enterprise and management Tom Nicholas; 10. Domestic finance 1860-1914 P. L. Cottrell; 11. Living standards, 1860-1939 George Boyer; 12. The British economy between the wars Barry Eichengreen; 13. Unemployment and the labour market, 1870-1939 Timothy J. Hatton; 14. British Industry in the inter-war years Sue Bowden and David M. Higgins; 15. Industrial and commercial finance in the inter-war years Duncan M. Ross; 16. Scotland 1850-1939: growth and poverty Clive H. Lee; 17. Government and the economy, 1860-1939 Roger Middleton.