Unlike most existing textbooks on the economic history of modern Europe, which offer a country-by-country approach, The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe rethinks Europe`s economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organized by topic rather than by country. This second volume tracks Europe`s economic history through three major phases since 1870. The first phase was an age of globalization and of European economic and political dominance that lasted until the First World War. The second, from 1914 to 1945, was one of war, deglobalization, and depression and the third was one of growing integration not only within Europe but also between Europe and the global economy. Leading authors offer comprehensive and accessible introductions to these patterns of globalization and deglobalization as well as to key themes in modern economic history such as economic growth, business cycles, sectoral developments, and population and living standards.

Sets the history of Europe`s economy since 1870 within a comparative, pan-European framework with material organised by topic rather than by country
Thematic structure and extensive tables and graphs make the subject accessible to both history and economics students
Each chapter is written by an international team of historians and economists who are experts in their field

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. Before the First World War:
1. Globalization, 1870–1914 Guillaume Daudin, Matthias Morys and Kevin H. O`Rourke
2. Aggregate growth, 1870–1914: growing at the production frontier Albert Carreras and Camilla Josephson
3. Sectoral developments, 1870–1914 Stephen Broadberry, Giovanni Federico and Alexander Klein
4. Business cycles, 1870–1914 Marc Flandreau, Juan Flores, Clemens Jobst and David Khoudour-Casteras
5. Population and living standards, 1870–1914 Carol Leonard and Jonas Ljungberg
Part II. The World Wars and the Interwar Period:
6. War and disintegration, 1914–50 Jari Eloranta and Mark Harrison
7. Business cycles and economic policy, 1914–45 Albrecht Ritschl and Tobias Straumann
8. Aggregate growth, 1913–50 Joan R. Roses and Nikolaus Wolf
9. Sectoral developments, 1914–45 Erik Buyst and Piotr Franaszek
10. Population and living standards, 1914–45 Robert Millward and Joerg Baten
Part III. From the Second World War to the Present:
11. The economic impact of European integration Barry Eichengreen and Andrea Boltho
12. Aggregate growth, 1950–2005 Nicholas Crafts and Gianni Toniolo
13. Sectoral developments, 1945–2000 Stefan Houpt, Pedro Lains and Lennart Schön
14. Business cycles and economic policy, 1945–2007 Stefano Battilossi, James Foreman-Peck and Gerhard Kling
15. Population and living standards, 1945–2005 Dudley Baines, Neil Cummins and Max-Stephan Schulze.