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The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain. Volume 2, Economic maturity, 1860-1939 / edited by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 552 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Long-run growth / Nicholas Crafts
- Population and regional development / Dudley Baines and Robert Woods
- Human capital and skills / Stephen Broadberry
- Manufacturing and technological change / Gary B. Magee
- The service sector / Mark Thomas
- Agriculture, 1860-1914 / Michael Turner
- Trade, 1870-1939: from globalisation to fragmentation / C. Knick Harley
- Foreign investment, accumulation and Empire, 1860-1914 / Michael Edelstein
- Enterprise and management / Tom Nicholas
- Domestic finance, 1860-1914 / P.L. Cottrell
- Living standards, 1860-1939 / George R. Boyer
- The British economy between the wars / Barry Eichengreen
- Unemployment and the labour market, 1870-1939 / Timothy J. Hatton
- British industry in the interwar years / Sue Bowden and David M. Higgins
- Industrial and commercial finance in the interwar years / Duncan M. Ross
- Scotland, 1860-1939: growth and poverty / Clive H. Lee
- Government and the economy, 1860-1939 / Roger Middleton.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781139054539 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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