Chapter INTRODUCTION
part Part I THE LITERATURE OF DECLINE
chapter 1 CONVERGING ACCOUNTS, MISLEADING METAPHORS AND PERSISTENT DOUBTS
Reflections on the historiography of Britain's 'decline' / MICHAEL DINTENFASS
chapter 2 1066 AND A WAVE OF GADGETS
The achievements of British growth / Deirdre N. McCloskey
part Part II ECONOMIC GROWTH AND PERFORMANCE
chapter 3 INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND GOVERNMENT POLICY
An international comparison of British performance and policy 1800-1987 / Robert Millward
chapter 4 COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH
New perspectives on the late Victorian and Edwardian economy / David Greasley
chapter 5 FLAGGING OR FAILING? BRITISH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, 1880-1914 / B.W.E. Alford
part Part III TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRY
chapter 6 THE AUDIT OF THE GREAT WAR ON BRITISH TECHNOLOGY / Correlli Barnett
chapter 7 THE BALANCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFERS 1870-1914 / James Foreman-Peck
chapter 8 Regional vs national perspectives on economic 'decline' in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain / W.R. Garside
part Part IV INSTITUTIONS AND CULTURE
chapter 9 Education and economic decline 1870-1914
An innocent suspect? / Michael Sanderson
chapter 10 THE VOICE OF INDUSTRY AND THE ETHOS OF DECLINE
Business citizenship, public service and the making of a British industrial élite / Michael Dintenfass
chapter 11 THE CITY OF LONDON, 1880-1914
Tradition and innovation / Peter Cain
part Part V A FRENCH PERSPECTIVE ON THE BRITISH DECLINE
chapter 12 FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIAL RETARDATION DURING THE BELLE EPOQUE / Jean-Pierre Dormois.