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The British Economy in the Twentieth Century. By Alan Booth. New York: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. x, 244. $65.00

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Alan Booth has produced a textbook for (British) first-year undergraduates, the traditional structure of which belies its passionate motivation. It was “written in a mood of growing disenchantment with the level of debate on recent British economic performance†(p. ix). Although such a perspective ensures that the writing is often challenging and never dull, it is not clear that it is the best way to write a core textbook. The aim may have been to produce a first-year-level version of Sidney Pollard's classic Development of the British Economy, 1914–1990 (4th ed., London: E. Arnold, 1992), but at times it comes closer in tone to his Wasting of the British Economy (London: Croom Helm, 1982).

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  • Howlett, Peter, 2002. "The British Economy in the Twentieth Century. By Alan Booth. New York: Palgrave, 2001. Pp. x, 244. $65.00," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 62(3), pages 863-864, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:62:y:2002:i:03:p:863-864_00
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