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The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World

Volume 2: 1870 to the Present
Editors:
Stephen Broadberry, University of Oxford
Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Paul W. Rhode, Paul Sharp, Tracy Dennison, Alexander Klein, Tokihiko Settsu, Debin Ma, Bishnupriya Gupta, Gregg Huff, Mohamed Saleh, Pablo Astorga, Alfonso Herranz-Loncán, Ewout Frankema, Gary B. Magee, Latika Chaudhary, Peter Lindert, Rajabrata Banerjee, Robert Inklaar, Herman de Jong, Paul Caruana-Galizia, Toshihiro Okubo, Nikolaus Wolf, James Foreman-Peck, Leslie Hannah, Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Myung Soo Cha, David S. Jacks, John P. Tang, Barry Eichengreen, Rui Esteves, Jari Eloranta, Leigh Gardner
Published:
June 2021
Volume:
2. 1870 to the Present
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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.

    • Provides a global perspective on the emergence of modern economic growth
    • Highlights the range of economic outcomes across both space and time
    • Considers the causes and consequences of growth and development

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    Table of Contents

    • Introduction to Volume II Stephen Broadberry and Kyoji Fukao
    • Part I. Regional Developments:
    • 1. North America: the rise of US technological and economic leadership Paul W. Rhode
    • 2. Western Europe: convergence and divergence Paul Sharp
    • 3. The socialist experiment and beyond: the economic development of Eastern Europe from 1870 to the present Tracy Dennison and Alexander Klein
    • 4. Japan: modern economic growth in Asia Kyoji Fukao and Tokihiko Settsu
    • 5. Economic change in China: the role of institutions and ideology Debin Ma
    • 6. From free trade to regulation: the political economy of India's development since 1858 Bishnupriya Gupta
    • 7. Growth and globalisation phases in South East Asian development since the late nineteenth century Gregg Huff
    • 8. The Middle East: decline and resurgence in West Asia Mohamed Saleh
    • 9. Latin America: stalled catching-up Pablo Astorga and Alfonso Herranz-Loncán
    • 10. African economic development: growth, reversals, and deep transitions Ewout Frankema
    • 11. Australia: prosperity, relative decline and reorientation Gary B. Magee
    • Part II. Factors Governing Differential Outcomes in the Global Economy:
    • 12. Healthy, literate, and smart: the global increase in human capital since 1870 Latika Chaudhary and Peter Lindert
    • 13. Proximate sources of growth: capital and technology since 1870 Rajabrata Banerjee, Robert Inklaar and Herman de Jong
    • 14. Underlying sources of growth: first and second nature geography Paul Caruana-Galizia, Toshihiro Okubo and Nikolaus Wolf
    • 15. Underlying sources of growth: institutions and the state James Foreman-Peck and Leslie Hannah
    • 16. Living standards, inequality and human development Leandro Prados de la Escosura and Myung Soo Cha
    • 17. Trade and immigration David S. Jacks and John P. Tang
    • 18. International finance, 1870–2010 Barry Eichengreen and Rui Esteves
    • 19. Warfare and empire Jari Eloranta and Leigh Gardner.
      Contributors
    • Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Paul W. Rhode, Paul Sharp, Tracy Dennison, Alexander Klein, Tokihiko Settsu, Debin Ma, Bishnupriya Gupta, Gregg Huff, Mohamed Saleh, Pablo Astorga, Alfonso Herranz-Loncán, Ewout Frankema, Gary B. Magee, Latika Chaudhary, Peter Lindert, Rajabrata Banerjee, Robert Inklaar, Herman de Jong, Paul Caruana-Galizia, Toshihiro Okubo, Nikolaus Wolf, James Foreman-Peck, Leslie Hannah, Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Myung Soo Cha, David S. Jacks, John P. Tang, Barry Eichengreen, Rui Esteves, Jari Eloranta, Leigh Gardner

    • Editors
    • Stephen Broadberry , University of Oxford

      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 , Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

      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.