The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain

Author(s)

• Floud, Roderick
• Johnson, Paul

Bibliographic Information

The Cambridge economic history of modern Britain

edited by Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson

Cambridge University Press, 2003-2004

• v. 1 : pbk
• v. 1 : hbk
• v. 2 : pbk
• v. 2 : hbk
• v. 3 : pbk
• v. 3 : hbk

Note

v. 1. Industrialisation, 1700-1860 -- v. 2. Economic maturity, 1860-1939 -- v. 3. Structural change and growth, 1939-2000

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9780521527361

Description

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 I covers the period 1700-1860 when Britain led the world in the process of industrialisation. 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. Accounting for the industrial revolution Joel Mokyr
• 2. Industrial organisation and structure: families, institutions, risk and trust Pat Hudson
• 3. British population during the 'long' eighteenth century, 1680-1840 E. A. Wrigley
• 4. Agriculture during the industrial revolution Robert C. Allen
• 5. Manufacturing and technological change Kristine Bruland
• 6. Money, finance, and capital markets Stephen Quinn
• 7. Trade: discovery, mercantilism and technology C. Knick Harley
• 8. Government and the economy, 1688-1850 Ron Harris
• 9. Household economy, 1688-1850 Jane Humphries
• 10. Living standards and the urban environment Hans-Joachim Voth
• 11. Transport Simon Ville
• 12. Education and skill of the British labour force David Mitch
• 13. Consumption in eighteenth century and early nineteenth-century Britain Maxine Berg
• 14. Scotland T. M. Devine
• 15. The extractive industries Roger Burt
• 16. The industrial revolution in global perspective Stanley L. Engerman and Patrick K.O'Brien.

Volume

v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9780521527378

Description

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.

Volume

v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9780521527385

Description

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 III covers the period 1939-2000, when Britain adjusted to a decline in manufacturing, an expansion of the service economy, and a repositioning of external economic activity towards Europe. 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. The wartime economy Peter Howlett
• 2. Failure followed by success followed by failure? A re-examination of British economic growth since 1939 Michael Kitson
• 3. The performance of manufacturing Stephen Broadberry
• 4. A failed experiment: the state ownership of industry Leslie Hannah
• 5. Employment, education and human capital Mary O'Mahony
• 6. Money and monetary policy since 1945 Susan Howson
• 7. The financial services sector since 1945 Katherine Watson
• 8. Economic Policy Jim Tomlinson
• 9. Income and welfare Paul Johnson
• 10. The rise of the service economy Robert Millward
• 11. The impact of Europe Larry Neal
• 12. Technology in post-war Britain Nick von Tunzelmann
• 13. Regional development and policy Peter Scott
• 14. British fiscal policy since 1939 Tom Clark and Andrew Dilnot
• 15. Industrial relations and the economy William Brown.

Volume

v. 1 : hbk ISBN 9780521820363

Description

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 I covers the period 1700-1860 when Britain led the world in the process of industrialisation. 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. Accounting for the industrial revolution Joel Mokyr
• 2. Industrial organisation and structure: families, institutions, risk and trust Pat Hudson
• 3. British population during the 'long' eighteenth century, 1680-1840 E. A. Wrigley
• 4. Agriculture during the industrial revolution Robert C. Allen
• 5. Manufacturing and technological change Kristine Bruland
• 6. Money, finance, and capital markets Stephen Quinn
• 7. Trade: discovery, mercantilism and technology C. Knick Harley
• 8. Government and the economy, 1688-1850 Ron Harris
• 9. Household economy, 1688-1850 Jane Humphries
• 10. Living standards and the urban environment Hans-Joachim Voth
• 11. Transport Simon Ville
• 12. Education and skill of the British labour force David Mitch
• 13. Consumption in eighteenth century and early nineteenth-century Britain Maxine Berg
• 14. Scotland T. M. Devine
• 15. The extractive industries Roger Burt
• 16. The industrial revolution in global perspective Stanley L. Engerman and Patrick K.O'Brien.

Volume

v. 2 : hbk ISBN 9780521820370

Description

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.

Volume

v. 3 : hbk ISBN 9780521834988

Description

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 undergraduate and postgraduate 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 I covers the period 1700-1860; Volume II examines the period 1860-1939; the focus of volume III is 1939-2000. The books provide an invaluable guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students in history, economics and other social sciences.

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Details

• NCID: BA65547356
• ISBN:
  • 9780521527361
  • 0521820367
  • 0521527376
  • 0521820375
  • 0521527384
  • 0521834988
• LCCN: 2003046169
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC253
  • DC21 : 330.941/08