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The end of globalization : lessons from the Great Depression / Harold James.
Lippincott Library HF1359 .J36 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Harold, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International economic relations.
- International trade.
- International finance.
- Depressions--1929.
- Depressions.
- Financial crises.
- Nation-state.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Globalization.
- Comercio exterior.
- Finanzas internacionales.
- Crisis financieras.
- Estado nacional.
- Local Subjects:
- Comercio exterior.
- Finanzas internacionales.
- Crisis financieras.
- Estado nacional.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
- Summary:
- Signified by an increasingly close economic interconnection that has led to profound political and social change around the world, the process of globalization seems irreversible. In this book, however, Harold James provides a sobering historical perspective, exploring the circumstances in which the globally integrated world of an earlier era broke down under the pressure of unexpected events.
- Contents:
- The end of globalization and the problem of the Depression
- Monetary policy and banking instability
- Tariffs, trade policy, and the collapse of international trade
- The reaction against international migration
- The Age of Nationalism versus the Age of Capital
- Conclusion : can it happen again?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674010078
- 0674004744
- 9780674004740
- OCLC:
- 45505858
- Publisher Number:
- 99954165998
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