Books in the The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain 2 Volume Paperback Set series

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialisation. Volume 1 (1700-1870) offers new approaches to classic issues such as the causes and consequences of industrialisation and the role of institutions, as well as introducing new issues such as globalisation, convergence and divergence.

A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialisation. Volume 2 re-examines Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmarks its performance against that of its European and global competitors.