The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present

The second volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World explores the development of modern economic growth from 1870 to the present. Leading experts in economic history offer a series of regional studies from around the world, as well as thematic analyses of key factors governing the differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy. Topics covered ...

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The second volume of The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World explores the development of modern economic growth from 1870 to the present. Leading experts in economic history offer a series of regional studies from around the world, as well as thematic analyses of key factors governing the differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy. Topics covered include human capital, capital and technology, geography and institutions, living standards and inequality, trade and immigration, international finance, and warfare and empire.

Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has been Managing Editor of the Economic History Review and also the European Review of Economic History and President of the Economic History Society and the European Historical Economics Society.

Kyoji Fukao is President of the Institute of Developing Econom...

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Stephen Broadberry is Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of the British Academy. He has been Managing Editor of the Economic History Review and also the European Review of Economic History and President of the Economic History Society and the European Historical Economics Society.

Kyoji Fukao is President of the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) and Specially Appointed Professor at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. He has been President of the Asian Historical Economics Society and has published widely on Japanese and global economic history.

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World pp i-i
The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World - Series page pp ii-ii
The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World - Title page pp iii-iii
Copyright page pp iv-iv
Contents pp v-vii
Figures pp viii-x
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The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World pp i-i
The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World - Series page pp ii-ii
The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World - Title page pp iii-iii
Copyright page pp iv-iv
Contents pp v-vii
Figures pp viii-x
Tables pp xi-xiii
Contributors to Volume II pp xiv-xvi
Introduction to Volume II pp 1-18
By Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao
Part I - Regional Developments pp 19-326
1 - North America pp 21-47
The Rise Of US Technological And Economic Leadership
By Paul W. Rhode
2 - Western Europe pp 48-73
Convergence And Divergence
By Paul Sharp
3 - The Socialist Experiment and Beyond pp 74-99
By Tracy Dennison, Alexander Klein
4 - Japan pp 100-128
Modern Economic Growth In Asia
By Kyoji Fukao, Tokihiko Settsu
5 - Economic Changes in China pp 129-150
The Role Of Institutions And Ideology
By Debin Ma
6 - From Free Trade to Regulation pp 151-175
The Political Economy Of India S Development
By Bishnupriya Gupta
7 - Growth and Globalization Phases in South East Asian Development pp 176-212
By Gregg Huff
8 - The Middle East pp 213-250
Decline And Resurgence In West Asia
By Mohamed Saleh
9 - Latin America pp 251-275
Stalled Catching Up
By Pablo Astorga, Alfonso Herranz-Loncán
10 - African Economic Development pp 276-305
Growth Reversals And Deep Transitions
By Ewout Frankema
11 - Australia pp 306-326
Prosperity Relative Decline And Reorientation
By Gary B. Magee
Part II - Factors Governing Differential Outcomes in the Global Economy pp 327-550
12 - Healthy, Literate, and Smart pp 329-355
The Global Increase In Human Capital
By Latika Chaudhary, Peter Lindert
13 - Proximate Sources of Growth pp 356-381
Capital And Technology
By Rajabrata Banerjee, Robert Inklaar, Herman de Jong
14 - Underlying Sources of Growth pp 382-417
First And Second Nature Geography
By Paul Caruana-Galizia, Toshihiro Okubo, Nikolaus Wolf
15 - Underlying Sources of Growth pp 418-441
Institutions And The State
By James Foreman-Peck, Leslie Hannah
16 - Living Standards, Inequality, and Human Development pp 442-470
By Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Myung Soo Cha
17 - Trade and Immigration pp 471-500
By David S. Jacks, John P. Tang
18 - International Finance pp 501-525
By Barry Eichengreen, Rui Pedro Esteves
19 - War and Empire pp 526-550
By Jari Eloranta, Leigh Gardner
Index pp 551-566
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