Business, politics and international relations : steel, cotton and international cartels in British politics, 1924-1939 / Clemens Wurm ; translated by Patrick Salmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wurm, Clemens A., author.

Contributor:

Salmon, Patrick, 1952- translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade regulation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XVII, 398 p.)

Edition:

Orig. title: “Industrielle Interessenpolitik und Staat”, W. de Gruyter, 1988. Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

List of tables

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. Britain and Europe 1924-1931: the failure to reach agreement

2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-1932

3. The steel industry under protection

4. 'Fighting tariffs' and negotiations with the international steel cartel

5. Britain enters the international steel cartel

6. The agreement with the steel cartel, British foreign policy and international relations

7. Britain and the rise of Japanese competition

8. The background to the Anglo-Japanese cartel negotiations

9. The cartel negotiations and Anglo-Japanese relations

10. Summary: cotton, business diplomacy and British foreign policy

Conclusion: steel, cotton, international cartels and British politics in the inter-war period

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783112327722

3112327721

OCLC:

1202625271