{"product_id":"british-protectionism-and-the-international-economy-overseas-commercial-policy-in-the-1930s-hardback-9780521416085","title":"British Protectionism and the International Economy; Overseas Commercial Policy in the 1930s (Hardback) 9780521416085","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritish Protectionism and the International Economy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOverseas Commercial Policy in the 1930s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2003 book examines the forces behind the British abandonment of free trade in the 1930s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTim Rooth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521416085, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 4 March 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e374 pages, 41 tables\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.7 x 2.6 cm, 0.671 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...a most learned book, performing a task which had to be done at some time. Specialists will be most grateful for it, and others will gain some insight into the narrow world of the 1930's.\"  Sidney Pollard, The International History Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen, in the winter of 1931–2, Britain abandoned first the gold standard and then free trade, two potent symbols of her nineteenth-century international economic predominance had gone within the space of little more than six months. Tim Rooth's comprehensive 1993 study in the political economy of protectionism examines the forces behind the abandonment of free trade and the way that Britain then used protection to bargain for trade advantages in the markets of her chief suppliers of food and raw materials. Dr Rooth also examines Britain's economic relations with Germany and the USA in the deteriorating international political situation of the late 1930s. The retreat from multilateral trade policies, the growth of protection and the concomitant development of regional economic groupings have obvious parallels with current developments in the world economy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Britain's international economic position in the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e 2. The political economy of protectionism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Imperial preference and the Ottawa conference\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Scandinavian negotiations: formulation of policy\u003cbr\u003e 5. Completion of the first phase of negotiations: Scandinavia, Germany and Argentina\u003cbr\u003e 6. The World Economic Conference, Finland and Japanese competition\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Baltic states and Poland\u003cbr\u003e 8. British agricultural policy and imports during the 1930s\u003cbr\u003e 9. British exports to the trade agreement countries\u003cbr\u003e 10. Appeasing Germany and the United States\u003cbr\u003e 11. Some general conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007258710296,"sku":"9780521416085","price":93.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521416085i_560010b6-54f0-4676-bf66-5aac445373dd.jpg?v=1691381358","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/british-protectionism-and-the-international-economy-overseas-commercial-policy-in-the-1930s-hardback-9780521416085","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}