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

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

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This volume offers an unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth, focusing on the period from 1870 to the present. It offers both regional studies from across the globe and thematic analyses to consider the key factors governing differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy.

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

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 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.
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ISBN 13 9781107159488
ISBN 10 1107159482
Title The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World: Volume 2, 1870 to the Present
Author Stephen Broadberry
Series The Cambridge Economic History Of The Modern World
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 2021-06-24
Number of pages 572
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