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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785024803321

Autore

Boyce R

Titolo

The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization [[electronic resource] /] / by R. Boyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-349-36551-3

1-282-67408-0

9786612674082

0-230-28076-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Disciplina

909.0982109041

940.5311

Soggetti

Imperialism

World politics

Economic history

History, Modern

World history

Europe—History

Imperialism and Colonialism

Political History

Economic History

Modern History

World History, Global and Transnational History

European History

Europe History 1918-1945

Europe Economic conditions 1918-1945

United States History 1919-1933

United States History 1933-1945

United States Economic conditions 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.



Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Liberal Powers, Peace-Making and International Security, 1914-19; 2 The Emasculation of International Security after the Great War; 3 The Limits of Globalization; 4 The Crisis Begins, 1927-9; 5 The Crisis, September 1929-April 1931; 6 In the Eye of the Storm, May 1931-February 1932; 7 The Collapse of the Postwar Order, 1932-4; 8 Conclusion: From the Great Interwar Crisis to the Present; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging the standard narrative of Interwar International History, this account establishes the causal relationship between the global political and economic crises of the period, and offers a radically new look at the role of ideology, racism and the leading liberal powers in the events between the First and Second World Wars.