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The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World 2 Volume Hardback Set

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Main Details

Title The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World 2 Volume Hardback Set
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Stephen Broadberry
Edited by Kyoji Fukao
SeriesThe Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World
Physical Properties
Format:Mixed media product
Pages:800
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 158
Category/GenreWorld history
Economics
International economics
International finance
Development economics
Economic history
ISBN/Barcode 9781108953771
ClassificationsDewey:330.903
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 24 June 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Cambridge Economic History of the Modern World offers an unprecedented global account of the emergence of modern economic growth and its spread across the world since 1700. Each volume provides a series of regional studies from across the globe, as well as thematic analyses of key factors governing differential outcomes in different parts of the global economy. Written by leading experts in economic history and covering topics such as demography and human development, capital and technology, living standards and inequality, geography and institutions, trade and migration, international finance, and warfare and empire, these volumes offer the most authoritative account to-date of modern economic growth.

Author Biography

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.

Reviews

'... providing guidance and information is the goal, and this set fulfills it well ... Recommended.' T. P. Johnson, Choice Connect