Interest in the historical development of the European economy has been heightened by the collapse of the iron curtain and the approach of 1992 in the European Community. Is the economic history of Europe that of an integrated economy or of many separate economies? This volume illustrates the changes in our understanding of Europe's 19th-century economic development that have taken place in the last 25 years. Alexander Gerschenkron's bold interpretation of European industrialization is a starting point for each of the chapters. His grand synthesis has been challenged by a number of later...