Patrick O'brien Unisex Multicolor Economic Growth In Britain & France 1780-1914 (Routledge

Patrick O'Brien

Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 (Routledge Revivals)Two Paths to the Twentieth Century\nAuthor(s): Patrick O'Brien, Caglar Keyder\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415684989, 978-0415684989\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1978, Professor OBriens Economic Growth in Britain and France [tel] is an original and pioneering exercise in comparative and quantitative economic history. It finds a controversial place in the debate on the question of French retardation in the 19th century and as a brave and important contribution towards the understanding of economic growth in Western Europe. The author attempts to comprehend and evaluate the economic performance of France through explicit comparisons with Britain, while considering British economic history from a French perspective. Challenging the orthodox view that France lagged behind Britain in economic terms, the book argues that there were two paths of .