The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe, Volume 1 - 1700-1870
xiv, 330pp. Laminated pictorial paper-covered boards. In as new condition throughout. 4to. Rethinks Europe's economic history since 1700 as unified and pan-European, with the material organised by topic rather than by country. This first volume is centred on the transition to modern economic growth, which first occurred in Britain before spreading to other parts of western Europe by 1870.