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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826291203321

Autore

Boyce Robert W. D. <1943->

Titolo

The great interwar crisis and the collapse of globalization / / Robert Boyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : 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

940.5311

Soggetti

International finance - History - 20th century

World politics - 1919-1932

World politics - 1933-1945

History, Modern - 20th century

World War, 1939-1945 - Causes

World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history

Globalization

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.