British Protectionism and the International Economy
Subtitle: Overseas Commercial Policy in the 1930s
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 18, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 373
ISBN-13: 9780521892582
Subjects: Economic history; International trade; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; History: American; History; History - General History; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; International - General; Business & Economics-International - General; Great Britain--Commercial policy--History; History / Great Britain
First sentence: Although industrial predominance had been ceded to the United States and Germany before 1914, Britain had remained the world's premier trader, shipper and financier, adhering not only to free trade, but by maintaining a strong balance of payments position, having no difficulty in continuing to operate the gold standard.