Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 (Routledge Revivals) : Two Paths to the Twentieth Century

First published in 1978, Professor O'Brien's Economic Growth in Britain and France 1780-1914 is an original and pioneering exercise in comparative and quantitative economic history. It finds a controversial place in the debate on the question of French retardation in the 19th century and as a brave and important contribution towards the understanding of economic growth in Western Europe. The author attempts to comprehend and evaluate the economic performance of France through explicit comparisons with Britain, while considering British economic history from a French perspective. Challenging th

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	O'Brien, Patrick
Other Persons:	Keyder, Caglar (contributor)
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Frankreich \| France \| Wirtschaftswachstum \| Economic growth \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| Vergleich \| Comparison \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Wirtschaftsgeschichte \| Economic history
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Extent:	Online-Ressource (209 p)
Series:	Routledge Revivals Routledge Revivals Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Introduction and Acknowledgements; PART ONE HISTORIOGRAPHY, DATA AND METHOD; 1 Definitions and Historiography of Retardation; 2 Data and Methods; 2.1 Data; 2.2 Services and commodity output; 2.3 Periodisation and cycles; 2.4 The rate of exchange; Appendix A: The Exchange Rates; Appendix B: Sensitivity Analysis for 1856; Appendix C: Price Correlations; PART TWO WELFARE; 3 Per Capita Incomes and Real Wages; 3.1 Domestic commodity output; 3.2 Domestic commodity output per capita; 3.3 Per capita commodity flow and foreign trade 3.4 Real wages and the structure of employment3.5 Conclusions; PART THREE PRODUCTIVITY; 4 The Productivity of Labour and Structural Change; 4.1 Concepts and data; 4.2 Global productivity and the quality of labour; 4.3 Labour productivities in agriculture and industry; 4.4 Structural change; 5 Agriculture; 5.1 Labour productivity; 5.2 The quantity and quality of land; 5.3 Product mix and value added per hectare; 5.4 Farm animals as capital goods; 5.5 Output per hectare in physical terms; 5.6 The systems of tenure; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 Industry; 6.1 Estimates of labour productivity 6.2 Product mix6.3 Demand and specialisation; 6.4 Labour supplies; 6.5 Conclusions; Appendix D: A Model of Industrial Development for Britain and France 1780-1914; Conclusions; Bibliography of Official Sources; Index;
ISBN:	978-0-415-68234-3 ; 978-1-136-62941-9 ; 978-0-415-68234-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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