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Author Alford, B. W. E

Title Britain in the World Economy since 1880
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (595 pages)
Series Social and Economic History of England
Social and economic history of England
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Dedication; Introduction; 1. The Challenge to Late Victorian Apogee; Economy and society; Industry and labour; Political economy; Businessmen and industry; Britain in an industrializing world; 2. British Industry and World Trade, 1880-1914; Trade: pattern and performance; Trade as an engine of growth; Trade and comparative advantage; Business organization and industrial performance; Outcome and prospect; 3. Finance and Empire, 1880-1914; The gold standard; Overseas investment
Capital export and domestic economic performanceBritish imperialism and the international economy; 4. The First World War and the Return to Gold; The effects of war; The political economy of peace; Financial policy and the return to gold; 5. Britain and the World Depression; Off gold and under protection; Political economy in the Depression; Trade and industry; Economic recovery?; 6. Britain, Europe and the New Postwar World Economic Order; The costs of war; Postwar economy; The international economic settlement; External account; Trade regulation and the European Payments Union
The revival of 'gentlemanly capitalism'?7. Comparative Performance and Competitiveness, 1945-61; Measures of comparative decline; The Labour government and economic planning; Labour supply; Comparative business structure and organization; Trade performance; International financial policy; Status quo; 8. Britain and the Climax of the Long Boom; The foundations of the boom; Trade growth; The role of the state; Business, labour and institutional change; Policy and performance; 9. International Crisis, the EEC and the North Sea El Dorado; The end of Bretton Woods
Sterling, the Commonwealth and the EECTrade; The new El Dorado?; 10. Britain in the World Economy: Falling Behind and Catching Up?; The advent of Thatcherism; Catch-up and convergence?; Britain's economic decline; Appendix: Statistical Sources; Index
Summary Bernard Alford reviews the changing role, and diminishing influence, of Britain within the international economy across the century that saw the apogee and loss of Britain's empire, and her transformation from globe-straddling superpower to off-shore and indecisive member of the European Community. He explores the relationship between empire and economy; looks at economic performance against economic policy; and compares Britain - through and beyond the Thatcher years - with her European partners, America and Japan. In assessing whether Britain's economic decline has been absolute or merely re
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ISBN 9781317872818
1317872819