Economic Integration, Globalization, Foreign Trade Regulation, Free Trade, Business History - General & Miscellaneous, Competition - Economics, Treaties & Alliances - General & Miscellaneous, Economic History - General & Miscellaneous, International Excha
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Overview
History shows that the course of globalization is not irreversible and that periods of increasing integration have in the past been torn apart by the disintegration of war; so states O'Rourke (economics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) in his introduction to the 34 articles and book excerpts he has chosen for inclusion in this two-volume set. He lauds the achievements of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and the World Trade Organization (acknowledging that they need some tweaking to correct some flaws) and encourages the study of history so that the trend can be maintained. Presented in facsimile (all are legible) from such publications as Economic History Review, Quarterly J. of Economics, and the J. of Political Economy, among others, the selections are grouped in sections on overviews, war and peace, late 19th-century backlash, contemporary view of interwar disintegration, hegemony, non-discrimination and reciprocity, customs unions and preferential trading agreements, and trade wars and trade rivalry. Indexing is by name, but not by subject. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
November 28, 2005
Publisher
Elgar, Edward Publishing, Inc.
Pages
960
Format
Hardcover, 2005
ISBN
9781843764274