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Record Nr.

UNINA9911138638503321

Autore

Boyce Robert W. D. <1943->

Titolo

The Great Interwar Crisis and the Collapse of Globalization / / by R. Boyce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9786612674082

9781349365517

1349365513

9781282674080

1282674080

9780230280762

0230280765

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Disciplina

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

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.