An economic history of nineteenth-century Europe/ (Record no. 175951)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1107689996 |
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| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330.94028 |
| Item number | BER/E |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Berend, Ivan T. |
| 245 #3 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An economic history of nineteenth-century Europe/ |
| Sub title | diversity and industrialization |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Ivan T. Berend |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | XVIII, 356 s. : il. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction<br/>Content and comparative method: pan-European<br/>interconnections, major regional differences<br/>Interrelated Europe: four distinctive paths towards modern<br/>economic transformation<br/>Debates and differences<br/>/ The time-span<br/>What kind of economic history?<br/>Part I Gradual revolution<br/>1 From merchant to industrial capitalism in Northwestern Europe<br/>The global environment: Europe, the Islamic world, and China<br/>Northwestern merchant capitalism and colonialism<br/>New science and values<br/>Demography, agriculture, and industry<br/>The Industrial Revolution<br/>Conclusion<br/>Part II Successful industrial transformation of the West<br/>2 Knowledge and the entrepreneurial state<br/>The spread of the new Zeitgeist<br/>Science into education<br/>The entrepreneurial state, promoter of trade and industry<br/>3 Agriculture, transportation, and communication<br/>The agricultural revolution<br/>The role of agriculture in modern economic transformation<br/>Transportation: canals and roads<br/>Railroads<br/>Communication and postal service<br/>4 The organization of business and finance<br/>Three consecutive banking revolutions<br/>The insurance industry<br/>Business organization, joint-stock companies, and the stock<br/>exchange<br/>5 Three versions of successful industrialization<br/>Long-surviving proto-industry<br/>Fully industrialized Britain<br/>British decline after 1870?<br/>In the footsteps of Britain<br/>Specialized agriculture combined with food processing'<br/>The second Industrial Revolution<br/>6 The miracle of knowledge and the state: Scandinavia<br/>The economic situation in the periphery: Scandinavia until 1870<br/>Modern society without a developed economy<br/>Rapid modernization and industrialization<br/>7 Demographic revolution, transformation of life, and standard<br/>of living<br/>Demographic revolution<br/>The causes of the population explosion<br/>Changing fiimily functions and female labor<br/>Urbanization<br/>The standard of living and the diet revolution<br/>8 The Europeanization of Europe<br/>Colonial Western Europe in the globalizing world<br/>The European idea and national integration<br/>Institutionalized economic integration and trade<br/>The West as a source of finance: capital flow into Europe<br/>Did a European business cycle exist?<br/>Part III The peripheries: semi-success or failure of modern<br/>transformation<br/>9 The "sleeping" peripheries, traditional institutions, and values<br/>Time stands still<br/>The demonstration effect: the West as model<br/>Population explosion and emigration<br/>10 The Western sparks that ignite modernization<br/>Capital inflow to the peripheries<br/>The rise of strong, modern hanking systems<br/>Building the modern transportation systems<br/>Road and water transportation<br/>Backward countries with developed railroads<br/>11 Advantage from dependence: Central Europe, the Baltic area,<br/>Finland, and Ireland<br/>Imperial markets and agricultural modernization<br/>The beginning of industrialization<br/>12 Profiting from foreign interests: the Mediterranean and Russia<br/>Foreign interest and agriculture<br/>Growth of the traditional grain economy in Russia ^<br/>The impact of the grain crisis from the 1870s<br/>Advanced industrial pockets and predominant proto-industry<br/>/<br/>13 The predator Leviathan in peasant societies: the Balkans and<br/>the borderlands of Austria-Hungary<br/>Pre-modern agriculture - return to a grain economy<br/>Lack of industrialization<br/>Corruption and reluctant foreign investors<br/>14 Epilogue: economic disparity and alternative postwar<br/>economic regimes |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 330.94028 BER/E | P30949 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |