The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 18... - 9780521882033

The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe: Volume 2, 1870 to the PresentAuthor(s): Stephen Broadberry, Kevin H. O'Rourke\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521882033, 978-0521882033\nSynopsis\nUnlike 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 e.