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The meddlers : sovereignty, empire, and the birth of global economic governance / Jamie Martin.
Loaned to Another Library HG3881 .M338 2022
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Jamie, 1984- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- International Monetary Fund--History.
- International Monetary Fund.
- International finance--History--20th century.
- International finance.
- Economic councils--History--20th century.
- Economic councils.
- Economic history--1918-.
- Economic history.
- World War, 1914-1918--Economic aspects.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Sovereignty--Economic aspects--History--20th century.
- Sovereignty.
- Capitalism--History--20th century.
- Capitalism.
- Economics.
- Sovereignty--Economic aspects.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 345 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- While the birth of global economic governance is conventionally dated to the end of World War II, the author shows how its roots lie in World War I and its aftermath. This book explores the intense political struggles about sovereignty and self-governance provoked by the first attempts to govern global capitalism. -- Adapted from publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Managing the global economy during the First World War
- Enforcing austerity in postwar Europe
- An independent international bank
- The origins of international development
- Controlling commodities
- Sovereignty and the IMF.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-331) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Martin, Jamie, 1984- Meddlers.
- ISBN:
- 9780674976542
- 0674976541
- OCLC:
- 1266217293
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