The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, Volume 2Roderick Floud, Paul Johnson Cambridge University Press, 2003 - 572 pages The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain is a readable and comprehensive account of the economic history of Britain since 1700, based on the most up-to-date research into the subject. Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson have assembled a team of leading scholars from around the world to produce a set of volumes which are both a lucid textbook for undergraduate students and an authoritative guide to the subject. |
Contents
Longrun growth | 1 |
Population and regional development | 25 |
Human capital and skills | 2 |
Manufacturing and technological change | 20 |
The service sector | 43 |
Agriculture 18601914 | 77 |
Trade 18701939 from globalisation to fragmentation | 105 |
Foreign investment accumulation and Empire 18601914 | 134 |
Living standards 18601939 | 224 |
The British economy between the wars | 258 |
Unemployment and the labour market 18701939 | 288 |
British industry in the interwar years | 318 |
Industrial and commercial finance in the interwar years | 347 |
Scotland 18601939 growth and poverty | 372 |
Government and the economy 18601939 | 400 |
References | 434 |
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