Vera Zamagni is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna, and at SAIS Europe, the Johns Hopkins University (Bologna). Her books include The Economic History of Italy, 1860–1990 (OUP, 1993) and Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization (Elgar, 2011).

• 1. Advanced agricultural and mercantile civilizations before the modern era2. From the Italian city-states to the age of discovery3. Britain: the first European industrial nation4. The British model: imitation and the role of the state5. European industrialization6. British decline and the emergence of the United States and Japan as competitors7. Technology, business and socio-economic change8. The international economy, 1870–1914: the gold standard, finance and colonialism9. The socio-economic consequences of the First World War10. The Soviet Union, 1917–3911. The first international crisis12. The 1930s and the Second World War13. Postwar reconstruction and decolonization14. The age of European growth and the return of instability15. The process of European integration16. The demise of the USSR and the rise of Asia17. The second international crisis and the limits of growthEpilogue

A brilliant textbook. It is excellent at marrying historical narratives and economic history analyses. There is no text on the market that provides such a comprehensive overview.

Vera Zamagni is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna, and at SAIS Europe, the Johns Hopkins University (Bologna). Her books include The Economic History of Italy, 1860–1990 (OUP, 1993) and Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization (Elgar, 2011).

• 1. Advanced agricultural and mercantile civilizations before the modern era2. From the Italian city-states to the age of discovery3. Britain: the first European industrial nation4. The British model: imitation and the role of the state5. European industrialization6. British decline and the emergence of the United States and Japan as competitors7. Technology, business and socio-economic change8. The international economy, 1870–1914: the gold standard, finance and colonialism9. The socio-economic consequences of the First World War10. The Soviet Union, 1917–3911. The first international crisis12. The 1930s and the Second World War13. Postwar reconstruction and decolonization14. The age of European growth and the return of instability15. The process of European integration16. The demise of the USSR and the rise of Asia17. The second international crisis and the limits of growthEpilogue

A brilliant textbook. It is excellent at marrying historical narratives and economic history analyses. There is no text on the market that provides such a comprehensive overview.

Vera Zamagni is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna, and at SAIS Europe, the Johns Hopkins University (Bologna). Her books include The Economic History of Italy, 1860–1990 (OUP, 1993) and Cooperative Enterprise: Facing the Challenge of Globalization (Elgar, 2011).

• 1. Advanced agricultural and mercantile civilizations before the modern era2. From the Italian city-states to the age of discovery3. Britain: the first European industrial nation4. The British model: imitation and the role of the state5. European industrialization6. British decline and the emergence of the United States and Japan as competitors7. Technology, business and socio-economic change8. The international economy, 1870–1914: the gold standard, finance and colonialism9. The socio-economic consequences of the First World War10. The Soviet Union, 1917–3911. The first international crisis12. The 1930s and the Second World War13. Postwar reconstruction and decolonization14. The age of European growth and the return of instability15. The process of European integration16. The demise of the USSR and the rise of Asia17. The second international crisis and the limits of growthEpilogue

A brilliant textbook. It is excellent at marrying historical narratives and economic history analyses. There is no text on the market that provides such a comprehensive overview.