1st Edition

The Economic Development of Continental Europe 1780-1870 (Routledge Revivals)

By Alan Milward, S. B. Saul Copyright 2011
550 Pages
by Routledge

554 Pages
by Routledge

552 Pages
by Routledge

Upon its initial publication in 1973 this was the first textbook to present a unified view and comprehensive treatment of the Economic Development of Europe from a continental rather than a British perspective. At the same time, it is more than mere textbook: it is an interpretive analysis of a wide range of research on the subject in many countries which explores the objective validity of... Read more
1. The European Economy in the Late Eighteenth Century  2. Population Growth and Migration  3. Technological Change  4. The French Revolution and the Continental System  5. The Economic Development of France, 1815-70  6. The Economic Development of Germany, 1815-70  7. The Economic Development of Belgium and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century  8. The Economic Development of Scandinavia 

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Alan Milward, S. B. Saul

‘The authors have produced a readable, comprehensive and enquiring text, which will almost certainly be used to feed the next generations enquiries about the European experience.’ – The Times Higher Education Supplement

‘Informative, often stimulating and full of ideas’ – Economica

‘Extremely thorough in its analysis and exemplary in the clarity of its conclusions’ – The Scandinavian Economic History Review