Publisher's Note Now in its third edition, The Growth of the International Economy 1820-1990 remains the best introduction available to the study of the international economy as a mechanism for diffusing modern economic growth between nations. In this edition, the authors have brought the story up to 1990, thoroughly revising the text and including new data and references. The book is divided into three parts covering the period from 1829-1914, the collapse of the international economy in the 1930s, and the contemporary international economic system from 1945-1990.