Business, politics, and international relations : steel, cotton, and international cartels in British politics, 1924-1939 / Clemens Wurm ; translated by Patrick Salmon
1993, 1st edition. Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #386953
ISBN: 0521405203
Physical description; 398 pp., 24 cm. Contents; pt. I. Great Britain and the international steel cartel 1924-1939. 1. Britain and Europe 1924-31: the failure to reach agreement. 2. The great depression, tariff protection and the steel industry 1931-2. 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 -- pt. II. Commercial diplomacy during the great depression: Great Britain, Japan and the division of the world cotton market. 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. Subjects; Protectionism Great Britain History 20th century. Cartels Great Britain History 20th century. Steel industry and trade Government policy Great Britain History 20th century. Cotton textile industry Government policy Great Britain History 20th century.
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