The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain provides a readable and comprehensive survey of the economic history of Britain since industrialisation, based on the most up-to-date research into the subject. Roderick Floud and Paul Johnson have assembled a team of fifty leading scholars from around the world to produce a set of volumes which are both a lucid textbook for students and an authoritative guide to the subject. Volume III covers the period 1939-2000, when Britain adjusted to a decline in manufacturing, an expansion of the service economy, and a repositioning of external economic activity towards Europe INDICE . The wartime economy Peter Howlett 2. Failure followed by success followed by failure? A re-examination of British economic growth since 1939 Michael Kitson 3. The performance of manufacturing Stephen Broadberry 4. A failed experiment: the state ownership of industry Leslie Hannah 5. Employment, education and human capital Mary O'Mahony 6. Money and monetary policy since 1945 Susan Howson 7. The financial services sector since 1945 Katherine Watson 8. Economic Policy Jim Tomlinson 9. Income and welfare Paul Johnson 10. The rise of the service economy Robert Millward 11. The impact of Europe Larry Neal 12. Technology in post-war Britain Nick von Tunzelmann 13. Regional development and policy Peter Scott 14. British fiscal policy since 1939 Tom Clark and Andrew Dilnot 15. Industrial relations and the economy William Brown