The Foundations of Worldwide Economic Integration: Power, Institutions, and Global Markets, 1850-1930

Book Overview

The essays in this volume discuss the worldwide economic integration between 1850 and 1930, challenging the popular description of the period after 1918 as one of mere deglobalisation. The authors posit that markets were not only places of material exchange, but also socially structured entities, shaped by the agency of individual actors and by complex structures of political and economic power. Economic transactions were supported by an array of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107436974
• ISBN13: 9781107436978
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"