An Economic History of Nineteenth-Century Europe(English, Paperback, Berend Ivan)
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Why did some countries and regions of Europe reach high levels of economic advancement in the nineteenth century, while others were left behind? This new transnational survey of the continent's economic development highlights the role of regional differences in shaping each country's economic path and outcome. Presenting a clear and cogent explanation of the historical causes of advancement and backwardness, Ivan Berend integrates social, political, institutional and cultural factors as well as engaging in debates about the relative roles of knowledge, the state and institutions. Featuring boxed essays on key personalities including Adam Smith, Friedrich List, Gustave Eiffel and the Krupp family, as well as brief histories of innovations such as the steam engine, vaccinations and the co-operative system, the book helps to explain the theories and macro-economic trends that dominated the century and their impact on the subsequent development of the European economy right up to the present day. Table of Contents Introduction Part I. Gradual Revolution: 1. From merchant to industrial capitalism in Northwestern Europe Part II. Successful Industrial Transformation of the West: 2. Knowledge and the entrepreneurial state 3. Agriculture, transportation, and communication 4. The organisation of business and finance 5. Three versions of successful industrialization 6. The miracle of knowledge and the state: Scandinavia 7. Demographic revolution, transformation of life and standard of living 8. The Europeanization of Europe Part III. The Peripheries: Semi-Success or Failure of Modern Transformation: 9. The 'sleeping' peripheries, traditional institutions and values 10. The Western sparks that ignite modernization 11. Advantage from dependence: Central Europe, the Baltic Area, Finland and Ireland 12. Profiting from foreign interests: the Mediterranean and Russia 13. The predator Leviathan in peasant societies: the Balkans and the borderlands of Austria-Hungary Epilogue: economic disparity – and alternative postwar economic regimes References.
