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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817059503321

Autore

Rothermund Dietmar <1933-2020, >

Titolo

The global impact of the Great Depression, 1929-1939 / / Dietmar Rothermund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routlege, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-81567-0

0-415-11818-2

1-134-81568-9

1-280-32073-7

0-203-43019-0

0-415-24597-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

338.542

338.5420973

Soggetti

Depressions - 1929 - Developing countries

Economic history - 1918-1945

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION: ECONOMICS AND THE DEPRESSION; THE TRAGEDY OF THE INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD; THE DILEMMA OF WAR DEBTS AND REPARATIONS; WORLD PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE; THE ORIGIN OF THE DEPRESSION IN AMERICA; THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CRISIS TO EUROPE; TURKEY AND EGYPT: MODERNISING STATES AT THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY; AUSTRALIA'S REACTION: OVERPRODUCTION AND DEVALUATION; COLONIAL CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE INDIAN EXPERIENCE; THE NEW ROLE OF THE STATE IN LATIN AMERICA; CONTRASTS IN EAST ASIA: CHINA AND JAPAN; REACTIONS TO THE DEPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

THE FATE OF AFRICATHE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPRESSION: FASCISM IN EUROPE, POPULISM IN LATIN AMERICA AND FREEDOM MOVEMENTS IN THE COLONIES; FROM DEPRESSION TO WAR: REARMAMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH; THE AFTERMATH;



Bibliographical notes; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Dietmar Rothermund broadens the conventional focus of the great depression to include its impact on the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. He explains key areas, such as Keynesian theory and the role of the international gold standard.