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Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction and overview; Part I. MeasuringComparative Productivity Performance: 2. International comparisons ofproductivity in manufacturing: benchmark estimates by industry; 3. Labourproductivity in aggregate manufacturing: Britain, the United States andGermany; 4. Extending the picture: manufacturing productivity in otherindustrialised countries; 5. Manufacturing and the whole economy; Part II.Explaining Comparative Productivity Performance: 6. Technology; 7. Economicgeography: markets and natural resources; 8. Accumulation of physical andhuman capital; 9. Competition and adjustment; Part III. Reassessing thePerformance of British Industry: 10. The rise of competition from abroad,1850-1914; 11. War and depression, 1914-1950; 12. Changing markets andtechnology, 1950-1990; 13. Concluding comments; Bibliography; Index.