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.
This is a readable and comprehensive account of British economic history from 1860 to 1939.
Roderick Floud is Vice-Chancellor of London Metropolitan University. Paul Johnson is Professor of Economic History at the London School of Economics.
'... these volumes are the best available economic history of modern Britain. They demonstrate not only the vitality of the subject but its fundamental importance and relevance.' History 'Teachers of economic history wishing to prepare an undergraduate lecture or a seminar can confidently use the chapters in ... [this] book as basic references. Students will find the subjects covered with clarity of language, depth of information and critical analysis.' Journal of Urban History
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