Two Hegemonies

Introduction - The Pax Britannica and American hegemony: precedent, antecedent or just another history?, Patrick Karl O'Brien. The rise and decline of Britain: Mercantilism, war and the rise of British power, Francois Crouzet; Free-trade cosmopolitanism in Britain, 1846-1914, Anthony Howe; Wealth, power and empire - the protectionist movement in Britain, 1880-1914, Peter J. Cain; British retardation, 1900-1980, Sidney Pollard; Hegemony and decline - Britain and the United States, Andrew Gamble; British economic decline, 1900-1980, Correlli Barnett; The decline of Great Britain - reality or optical distortion?, Wolfgang J. Mommsen. The origins and exercise of American hegemony: The rise of American hegemony, Robert Gilpin; The nature of US economic leadership - a historical and comparative view, Angus Maddison; The historical vicissitudes of US productivity leadership - deferred catch-up, the waning of American exceptionalism, and convergence, Moses Abramovitz and Paul A. David; Reflections on American hegemony in the post-war era, David P. Calleo; Hegemony theory, unilateral trade liberalisation and the 1996 US Farm Bill, Geoffrey Allen Pigman; The "American Century" as hegemonic cycle, Peter J. Taylor. Concepts and theories of hegemony: Two hegemonies or one? - A historical-sociological critique of hegemonic stability theory, John M. Hobson; Anglo-American cultural hegemony - from the mid-19th to the late 20th centuries, Christopher Coker; National size and international power - a demographic perspective on "hegemony", S. Ryan Johansson; Three hegemonies, Immanuel Wallerstein.