The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 1, 1700-1870

Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Warwick and a Co-ordinator of the Economic History Initiative at CEPR. His recent publications include The Economics of World War I (2005, as co-editor) and Market Services and the Productivity Race, 1850–2000: Britain in International Perspective (2006). Kevin O'Rourke is Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and a co-organiser of the CEPR's Economic History Initiative. His recent publications include The International Trading System, Globalization and History, 2 volumes (as editor, 2005) and Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (2007, with Ronald Findlay).

• Introduction; Part I. Aggregate Growth and Cycles: 1. Understanding growth in Europe, 1700–1870: theory and evidence Joel Mokyr and Hans-Joachim Voth; 2. The demographic transition and human capital George Alter and Gregory Clark; 3. State and private institutions Dan Bogart, Mauricio Drelichman, Oscar Gelderblom and Jean-Laurent Rosenthal; 4. Trade and empire Kevin H. O'Rourke, Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Guillaume Daudin; 5. Business cycles Lee Craig and Concepción García-Iglesias; Part II. Sectoral Analysis: 6. Agriculture Tracy Dennison and James Simpson; 7. Industry Stephen Broadberry, Rainer Fremdling and Peter Solar; 8. The services sector Regina Grafe, Larry Neal and Richard W. Unger; Part III. Living Standards: 9. Standards of living Şevket Pamuk and Jan Luiten Van Zanden; 10. Urbanization Paolo Malanima; 11. Europe in an Asian mirror: the Great Divergence Bishnupriya Gupta and Debin Ma.

'The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe shows the power of economics to illuminate history. It adopts a continental standpoint that emphasizes the dominant patterns of European development as well as providing a comparative context that highlights national differences. The volume synthesizes the research of historical economists and growth theorists. The combination leads to a more profound understanding of the causes of economic success and failure than was previously available. This seriously good book is the first thing to read if you want to understand the economic history of Europe.' Robert C. Allen, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Nuffield College