Robert Millward

The State and Business in the Major Powers

An Economic History 1815-1939

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides, for the first time, an integrated economic history of state /business relations in the major powers in the period 1815-1939, and offers a completely new perspective on the links between tariff policies, state enterprise in manufacturing, the treatment of the peasantry, regulation of railways, taxation of the business sector, policies on cartels, trusts and competition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138904040
• ISBN-10: 113890404X
• Artikelnr.: 41884642

Autorenporträt

Robert Millward is Professor Emeritus of Economic History, University of Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Industrialisation and the State 1815-70 1. Introduction 2. France,
Europe and the Napoleonic Legacy 3. The Unifying German States Compared to
the United Kingdom 4. Free Land and Unfree Labour: USA and Russia Part II:
Business Growth and the Nation States 1870-1939 5. German Business in the
World Economy: Cartels on Autarky 6. Peasent Farms, Industrial Growth and
National Defence in France Appendix: Sectoral Shares and Productivity
Growth in Manufacturing in the Major Powers 1860-1928 7. The Peasent
Economy, Heavy Industry and National Defence in Russia Appendix: The
Challenge from the Newcomer: Japan 1870-1939 8. The Costs of Being First:
Britain 1870-1939 9. USA 1870-1939: Natural Resources, Free Markets and
Fractured Government 10. Conclusion