The History of Foreign Investment in the United States, 1914-1945 (Harvard Studies in Business History)
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: June 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1008
ISBN-13: 9780674013087
Subjects: Economic History; Investment & securities; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; Investments & Securities - General; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; USA; Investments, Foreign; United States - 20th Century; Business & Economics / Economic History; 20th century; History; United States
Description: "Mira Wilkins, the foremost authority on foreign investment in the United States, continues her magisterial history in a work covering the critical years 1914-1945. Wilkins includes all long-term inward foreign investments, both portfolio (by individuals and institutions) and direct (by multinationals), across such enterprises as chemicals and pharmaceuticals, textiles, insurance, banks and mortgage providers, other service sector companies, and mining and oil industries. She traces the complex course of inward investments, presents the experiences of the investors, and examines the political and economic conditions, particularly the range of public policies, that affected foreign investments. She also offers valuable discussions on the intricate cross-investments of inward and outward involvements and the legal precedents that had long-term consequences on foreign investment."--BOOK JACKET.