Imperial Economic Policy 1917-1939 / Ian Drummond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drummond, Ian, author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Colonies--Economic policy.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--Commerce--History--20th century.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book offers a detailed account, based on primary source materials from Britain, Canada, and Australia, of the process by which the Empire settlement programme and the Ottawa Agreements were devised.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Dramatis Personae; 1. Introduction: The Empire in British Economic Policy 1917-1939; I. The Scene and the Chronology; II. Unemployment, Development Strategy, and the White Dominions; A Chronology; 2. The Birth of Empire Settlement, 1916-1922; I. Wartime Developments and the Emigration Bill, 1917-1918; II. Ex-Servicemen, Unemployment, and the Overseas Settlement Committee, 1918-1920; III. Imperial Conversations, 1921; IV. Whitehall Arguments, 1921-1922; V. Comments on the Legislative Process; 3. The Growth and Death of Empire Settlement, 1922-1930.

I. Manoeuvrings and Disappointments, 1922II. The Imperial Economic Conference and Thereafter, 1923-1927; III. Canada and the Industrial Transference Board; IV. The Antipodes and Land Settlement; V. The Treasury and Empire Settlement and Development; VI. Appraising the Empire Settlement Programme; 4. Bulk Purchase, Import Boards, Quotas, and the Imperial Conference of 1930; I. Wheat Quotas, 1930-1932; 5. Preparing for Ottawa, 1930-1932; I. The Beginnings; II. The National Government, Protection, and Unilateral Preferences; III. Preliminary Conversations; 1. The General Arrangements.

2. Talks with South Africa3. Talks with New Zealand; 4. Talks with Canada; 5. Talks with Australia; 6. The Non-Ferrous Metals; IV. The Problem of Russia; V. The Agenda and the Monetary Question; VI. The Results; 6. The Ottawa Conference; I. Committees; II. Domestic Competition and Dominion Tariff Concessions; III. Meat at Ottawa; IV. Other British Concessions: Wheat, Flour, Dairy Products, Metals; V. Russia and Timber; VI. Evaluation; Appendix I; Appendix II; 7. Ottawa Aftermath: Meat, Butter, and the Dominions,1932-1938; I. Introduction; II. Early Adventures with Quantitative Controls.

1. Meat2. Butter; III. The Levy-Subsidy Idea; IV. The 1935-1936 Meat Talks; V. Butter and the Death of Levy-Subsidies; VI . Why the Levy-Subsidy Idea Lasted so Long; VII. Meat and the Death of Producer-Control; 8. Ottawa Aftermath: Tariff Boards, Domestic Competition, and Trade Diversion, 1932-1939; I. Australia; II. New Zealand; III. Canada; IV. Fixed Rates, Fixed Margins, and the Preferential System; 9. Conclusion; I. The Dominant Objectives; II. The Exploitation Hypothesis; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Blank Page.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)

ISBN:

1-4426-3841-9

1-4426-5394-9

OCLC:

992508112