4-Volume Set

Twentieth-CenturyEconomic History CRITICAL CONCEPTS IN ECONOMICS

Edited by Lars Magnusson, Uppsala University, Sweden

The study of economic phenomena over time is a well-established andflourishing area of research and study, and this new four-volume collection inthe Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Economics, meets theneed for an authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference worksynthesizing the voluminous literature from twentieth-century economichistorians. Indeed, the sheer scale of the research output—and the breadth ofthe field—makes this collection especially welcome. It answers the need for acomprehensive collection of classic and contemporary contributions to facilitateready access to the most influential and important scholarship from a widerange of theoretical and practical perspectives.

The collection is organized into nine principal parts. Part 1 explores theory andmethodology and the role of economic history as either an alternative tomainstream economics, or as a ‘help discipline’. Part 2 gathers the key researchon growth in economic history. The third and fourth parts cover the causes andsocial consequences of the Industrial Revolution, while Part 5 brings togetherthe best and most influential work on the feudal and early modern economy.Part 6 deals with free trade, mercantilism, and imperialism. Part 7 focuses onthe Great Depression, while Part 8 collects research on world economic historyand the slave economy. The final part collects a fascinating miscellany of crucialissues, including taxation and gender.

Twentieth-Century Economic History is edited by Lars Magnusson, a leadingscholar in the field. The collection is fully indexed and has a comprehensiveintroduction, newly written by the editor, which places the material in itsintellectual context. It is an essential work of reference and is destined to bevalued by scholars and students as a vital one-stop research resource.

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Part 1: Theory and Methodology

1. M. M. Postan, ‘The Historical Method in Social Science’, Fact andRelevance: Essays on Historical Method (Cambridge University Press,1971), pp. 22–47.

2. Sidney Pollard, ‘Economic History: A Science of Society?’, Past andPresent, 1964, 30, 3–22.

3. John Clapham, ‘Of Empty Economic Boxes’, Economic Journal, 1922,XXXII, 305–14.

4. Robert Fogel, ‘The Reunification of Economic History with EconomicTheory’, American Economic Review, 1965, LV, 92–8.

5. John R. Meyer and Alfred A. Conrad, ‘Economic Theory, StatisticalInterference and Economic History’, Journal of Economic History, 1957,XVII, 524–44.

6. Douglass North and Barry Weingast, ‘Constitutions and Commitment:The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in 17thCentury England’, in Lee J. Alston et al. (eds.), Empirical Studies inInstitutional Change (Cambridge University Press, 1996), pp. 124–65.

7. W. H. B. Court, ‘What is Economic History?’, Scarcity and Choice inHistory (Augustus M. Kelley, 1970), pp. 131–79.

8. Gary Libecap, ‘Property Rights in Economic History: Implications forResearch’, Explorations in Economic History, 1996, 23, 3, 227–52.

9. Werner Sombart, ‘Economic Theory and Economic History’, EconomicHistory Review, 1929, I, 2, 1–19.

10. R. M. Hartwell, ‘Good Old Economic History’, Journal of EconomicHistory, 1972, 32, 4, 28–40.

Part 2: Growth in Economic History

11. D. N. McCloskey, ‘Did Victorian Britain Fall?’, Economic History Review,1970, 23, 3, 446–59.

12. Jeffrey Williamson, ‘Why was British Growth so Slow During theIndustrial Revolution?’, Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, 687–712.

13. Barry Supple, ‘Economic History and Economic Growth’, Journal ofEconomic History, 1960, XX, 548–56.

14. Francois Crouzet, ‘Capital Formation in Great Britain During theIndustrial Revolution’, in Francois Crouzet (ed.), Capital Formation inthe Industrial Revolution (Methuen, 1972), pp. 1–70.

Part 3: The Causes of the Industrial Revolution

15. Fredric Mendels, ‘Proto-industrialization: The First Phase of theIndustrialization Process’, Journal of Economic History, 1972, 32,241–61.

16. David Cannadine, ‘The Present and the Past in the English IndustrialRevolution, 1880–1980’, Past & Present, 1984, 103.

17. R. Hartwell, ‘The Causes of the Industrial Revolution: An Essay inMethodology’, in Peter Mathias (ed.), The Causes of the IndustrialRevolution in England (Methuen, 1967), pp. 53–81.

18. Joel Mokyr, ‘Demand Versus Supply in the Industrial Revolution’,Journal of Economic History, 1977, 37.

19. Jan De Vries, ‘The Industrious Revolution and the IndustrialRevolution’, Journal of Economic History, 1994, 54, 2, 249–70.

20. Nicholas Crafts, ‘Exogenous or Endogenous Growth? The IndustrialRevolution Reconsidered’, Journal of Economic History, 1995, 55,745–72.

21. Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson, ‘Rehabilitating the IndustrialRevolution’, Economic History Review, 1992, 45, 1, 24–50.

Part 4: The Social Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

22. Charles Feinstein, ‘Pessimism Perpetuated: Real Wages and theStandard of Living in Britain During and After the IndustrialRevolution’, Journal of Economic History, 1998, 58, 625–58.

23. Raphael Samuel, ‘Workshop of the World: Steam Power and HandTechnology in Mid-Victorian Britain’, History Workshop, 1977, 2, 6–72.

24. Eric J. Hobsbawm, ‘The British Standard of Living, 1800–1850’, inArthur J. Taylor (ed.), The Standard of Living in Britain in the IndustrialRevolution (Methuen, 1975), pp. 58–92.

25. R. M. Hartwell, ‘The Rising Standard of Living in England 1800–1850’,in Arthur J. Taylor (ed.), The Standard of Living in Britain in theIndustrial Revolution (Methuen, 1975), pp. 93–124.

26. Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson, ‘English Workers’ LivingStandard During the Industrial Revolution: A New Look’, EconomicHistory Review, 1984, 36, 1, 1–25.

27. Jane Humphries, ‘The Most Free from Objection: Sexual Division ofLabour and Women’s Work in Nineteenth-Century England’, Journal ofEconomic History, 1987, 47, 3, 929–49.

28. Stephen Marglin ‘What Do Bosses Do? The Origins and Functions ofHierarchy in Capitalist Production’, Review of Radical PoliticalEconomics, 1974, 6, 60–112.

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Part 5: The Feudal and Early Modern Economy

29. Eric Hobsbawm, ‘The Crisis of the Seventeenth Century’, Past &Present, 1954, 5–6.

30. Earl J. Hamilton ‘American Treasure and the Rise of Capitalism’,Economica, 1929, 9, 338–57.

31. R. H. Tawney, ‘The Rise of the Gentry, 1558–1640’, Economic HistoryReview, 1941, XI.

32. Sture Bolin, ‘Mohammed, Charlemagne and Ruric’, ScandinavianEconomic History Review, 1953, 1, 5–39.

33. Joan Thirsk, ‘The Common Fields’, Past & Present, 1964, 29, 26–49.

34. Robert C. Allen, ‘The Efficiency and Distributional Consequences ofEighteenth-Century Enclosures’, Economic Journal, 1982, 92, 937–53.

35. Evsey Domar, ‘The Causes of Serfdom and Slavery: A Hypothesis’,Journal of Economic History, 1970, 30, 1, 18–32.

36. Stefano Fenoaltea, ‘The Rise and Fall of a Theoretical Model: TheManorial System’, Journal of Economic History, 1975, 35, 7, 386–409.

Part 6: Free Trade, Mercantilism, and Imperialism

37. M. I. Finley, ‘Manpower and the Fall of Rome’, in Carlo M. Cipolla(ed.), The Economic Decline of Empire (Methuen, 1970), pp. 84–91.

38. D. C. Coleman, ‘Eli Heckscher and the Idea of Mercantilism’,Scandinavian Economic History Review, 1957, V, 1, 3–25.

39. David K. Fieldhouse, ‘Imperialism: A Historiographical Revision’,Economic History Review, 1961, XIX, 187–209.

40. J. Gallagher and R. Robinson, ‘The Imperialism of Free Trade,1815–1914’, Economic History Review, 1953/4, IV, 1–15.

41. Patrick K. O’Brien, ‘Imperialism and Imperialism in the Rise of theBritish Economy, 1688–1989’, New Left Review, 1999, 238, 48–80.

Part 7: The Great Depression

42. Alexander Field, ‘A New Interpretation of the Onset of the GreatDepression’, Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, 489–98.

43. Christina D. Romer, ‘What Ended the Great Depression?’, Journal ofEconomic History, 1992, 52, 3, 757–84.

Part 8: World Economic History and the Slave Economy

44. Kevin O’Rourke, ‘When did Globalization Begin?’, European Review ofEconomic History, 2002, 6, 23–50.

45. P. K. O’Brien, ‘European Economic Development: The Contribution ofthe Periphery’, Economic History Review, 1982, 35, 1, 1–18.

46. Frank Perlin, ‘Proto-Industrialization and Pre-Colonial South Asia’,Past & Present, 1983, 98, 30–95.

47. Alfred H. Conrad and John R. Meyer, ‘The Economics of Slavery in theAnte-Bellum South’, Journal of Political Economy, 1958, 66, 95–130.

48. Stanley Engerman, ‘The Slave Trade and British Capital Formation inthe Eighteenth Century’, Business History Review, 1972, XLVI, 430–43.

49. D. S. Acemoglu, ‘The Rise of Europe: Atlantic Trade, InstitutionalChange and Economic Growth’, American Economic Review, 2005, 95,546–79.

Part 9: Miscellany

50. Wu Ta K’un, ‘An Interpretation of Chinese Economic History’, Past &Present, 1952, 1, 1–12.

51. Peter Mathias, ‘Who Unbound Prometheus? Science and TechnicalChange, 1600–1800’, in Peter Mathias (ed.), The Transformation ofEngland (Methuen, 1979), pp. 45–72.

52. Michael Bordo and Finn E. Kydland, ‘The Gold Standard as a Rule: AnEssay on Exploration’, Explorations in Economic History, 1995, 32,423–64.

53. Katarina Honeyman and Jordan Goodman, ‘Women’s Work, GenderContract and the Labour Market in Europe 1500–1900’, EconomicHistory Review, 1991, 44, 4, 608–28.

54. Joel Mokyr, ‘Technological Inertia in Economic History’, Journal ofEconomic History, 1992, 52, 1, 325–38.

55. Peter Mathias and P. K. O’Brien, ‘Taxation in England and France1715–1810’, Journal of European Economic History, 1976, 5, 601–50.

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