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The International Sugar Agreements : promise and reality / Albert Viton.
Van Pelt Library K3947.S93 V58 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Viton, Albert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sugar laws and legislation--History--20th century.
- Sugar laws and legislation.
- Sugar trade.
- Commercial treaties.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 350 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Large fluctuations in the price of primary-in particular agricultural-commodities began to receive the attention of economists and public affairs leaders at the beginning of the twentieth century. The world economic depression of the 1930s gave a new imp
- Contents:
- The years of preparation, 1947-53
- The first agreement, 1953-56
- Renegotiation and renewal, 1956-58
- A new agreement and collapse, 1958-60
- The wilderness years, 1961-67
- Towards a new agreement, 1965-68
- The third agreement, 1968-73
- Prosperity and poverty, 1973-77
- The fourth agreement, 1977-78
- The agreement in operation, 1978-84
- The final collapse, 1983-84
- Retrospect and prospect.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 155753344X
- OCLC:
- 53840261
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