Economic growth in Britain and France, 1780-1914 : two paths to the twentieth century / Patrick O'Brien and Caglar Keyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Patrick, 1932-

Contributor:

Keyder, Çağlar.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--19th century.

Great Britain.

France--History.

France.

Great Britain--Economic conditions--19th century.

France--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : G. Allen & Unwin, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1978, Professor O'Brien's Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 is an original and pioneering exercise in comparative and quantitative economic history. It finds a controversial place in the debate on the question of French retardation in the 19th century and as a brave and important contribution towards the understanding of economic growth in Western Europe. The author attempts to comprehend and evaluate the economic performance of France through explicit comparisons with Britain, while considering British economic history from a French perspective. Chall

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction and Acknowledgements; PART ONE HISTORIOGRAPHY, DATA AND METHOD; 1 Definitions and Historiography of Retardation; 2 Data and Methods; 2.1 Data; 2.2 Services and commodity output; 2.3 Periodisation and cycles; 2.4 The rate of exchange; Appendix A: The Exchange Rates; Appendix B: Sensitivity Analysis for 1856; Appendix C: Price Correlations; PART TWO WELFARE; 3 Per Capita Incomes and Real Wages; 3.1 Domestic commodity output; 3.2 Domestic commodity output per capita; 3.3 Per capita commodity flow and foreign trade

3.4 Real wages and the structure of employment3.5 Conclusions; PART THREE PRODUCTIVITY; 4 The Productivity of Labour and Structural Change; 4.1 Concepts and data; 4.2 Global productivity and the quality of labour; 4.3 Labour productivities in agriculture and industry; 4.4 Structural change; 5 Agriculture; 5.1 Labour productivity; 5.2 The quantity and quality of land; 5.3 Product mix and value added per hectare; 5.4 Farm animals as capital goods; 5.5 Output per hectare in physical terms; 5.6 The systems of tenure; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 Industry; 6.1 Estimates of labour productivity

6.2 Product mix6.3 Demand and specialisation; 6.4 Labour supplies; 6.5 Conclusions; Appendix D: A Model of Industrial Development for Britain and France 1780-1914; Conclusions; Bibliography of Official Sources; Index

Notes:

"First published in 1978 by George Allen & Unwin Ltd."--T. pages verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781136629402

1136629408

9781283841832

1283841835

9781136629419

1136629416

9780203802816

0203802810

OCLC:

821176383