ELISA BOCCALETTI Research Officer, Leverhulme Project on Entrepreneurship in Britain and France ROBERT BOYCE Lecturer in International History, London School of Economics and Political Science NIGEL BRAILEY Lecturer in History, University of Bristol ANTOINE CAPET Professor of British Civilization, University of Rouen FRANCOIS CROUZET Emeritus Professor, University of Paris-Sorbonne RICHARD DAVIS Maitre de Conferences, University Charles de Gaulle-Lille 3, France JAMES FOREMAN-PECK Economic Adviser at HM Treasury and Visiting Professor, Middlesex University Business School JACQUES LERUEZ previously Director of Studies, Centre nationale de la Recherche scientifique ISABELLE LESCENT-GILES Lecturer in Modern Economic History, University of Paris-Sorbonne SIR CHRISTOPHER MALLABY previously Her Majesty's Ambassador in France, 1992-1995 PETER T. MARSH Professor of History and International Relations, Syracuse University, USA FRANCOIS-CHARLES MOUGEL Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Institute of Political Studies, Bordeaux WILLIAM PHILPOTT Senior Lecturer in European History, London Guildhall University PASCAL R. VENIER Lecturer in French History and Politics, European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, Manchester